All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia.While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that fact...
Oct 3 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced that beginning Sept. 26, staff members were deployed to its Houston Insurance Assistance Center to assist Hurricane Rita victims with their insurance questions and claims,...
Oct 3 2005 // But destruction will add to totals from Dennis, Katrina and Ophelia.While indications are that damages from Hurricane Rita won’t come close to equaling those of its immediate predecessor, Hurricane Katrina, that fact...
Sep 23 2005 // Hurricane Rita made impact on the Texas-Louisiana coast Friday night into Saturday, with flooding for coastal towns, major wind damage, and several fires. Houston, however, seemed to be spared the worst of it as the storm...
Sep 23 2005 // An early thunderstorm soaked California’s vineyards, threatening the nation’s raisin crop even as many farmers missed the deadline to qualify for crop insurance.California fields produce all domestically grown...
Sep 21 2005 // While meteorologists are still not saying for sure where Hurricane Rita will touch down in the next 24 to 36 hours, a slight change in course during the day on Thursday and into the evening may spare both Houston and...
Sep 19 2005 // Rita became the 17th named storm of the current season over the weekend, as maximum sustained winds neared 50 mph (85 km/hr) with higher gusts. Miami’s National Hurricane Center warned that the storm could become a...
Sep 19 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has announced it will study “another avenue” for covering hurricane wind damage in Florida and would like to establish its own “vehicle” to insure...
Sep 19 2005 // Hurricane Katrina could be called an industry nightmare. Some insurers were still reeling from the effects of the Asian tsunamis and last year’s four hurricanes. Yet when Katrina struck in late August, she forced...
Sep 18 2005 // Predicted heavy rains and fierce winds never materialized and New England escaped the worst of Tropical Storm Ophelia. By Saturday morning, Ophelia pushed past southeastern Massachusetts, the Cape and the Islands, and...
Sep 15 2005 // Hurricane warnings are up over a 220 mile stretch of North Carolina’s coast, from Surf City, north of Wilmington to the Virginia line as officials fear serious flooding and a possible 11-foot storm surge. Early...
Sep 12 2005 // Special insurance industry teams will be assisting Gulf Coast law enforcement and insurers in identifying and cataloging vehicles damaged by Hurricane Katrina to prevent their fraudulent resale to unsuspecting consumers in...
Sep 9 2005 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc., the largest truck insurer in North America, has indicated that, due to reinsurance recoveries, its maximum exposure to losses from hurricane Katrina will not exceed U.S. $2...
Sep 9 2005 // Michael Cherkasky, president and chief executive officer of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC), announced that Brian Storms has been named chairman and chief executive officer of Marsh Inc., its risk and insurance...
Sep 7 2005 // Miami’s National Hurricane Center is currently tracking three tropical storms in the Atlantic, Ophelia, Maria and Nate. Only the first one poses any potential threat to the U.S. mainland.At 5 a.m. EDT, The center of...
Sep 6 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has stopped writing new policies or taking changes on exhisting policies in Florida due to the approach of Tropical Storm Orphelia.The tropical storm warning for Ophelia was issued at 11...
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance companies are totaling up the damage from more than two dozen tornadoes that struck south-central Wisconsin in mid-August. Statewide, the storms resulted in one death, 30 injuries, 20-25 destroyed homes, and 200...
Sep 5 2005 // Insurance companies are totaling up the damage from more than two dozen tornadoes that struck south-central Wisconsin in mid-August. Statewide, the storms resulted in one death, 30 injuries, 20-25 destroyed homes, and 200...
Sep 5 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reported that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year. Tropical Storm Risk...
Sep 5 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reported that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year. Tropical Storm Risk...