All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 31 2005 // American Family Insurance of Madison has paid out $11 million in damage claims so far as a result of the Aug. 18 tornadoes that hit central Wisconsin.The insurer provided an update Wednesday on damage claims stemming from...
Aug 30 2005 // Tropical storm Katrina was 35 miles south of Clarksville, Tenn. on Tuesday morning, moving north-northeast at 18 mph. Predictions by the National Hurricane Center indicate it should take a turn toward the northeast, gain...
Aug 29 2005 // Policyholders with questions regarding their coverage for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina should contact their insurance agent or company representative. To assist consumers, special toll-free numbers have been set up...
Aug 29 2005 // The National Hurricane Center has downgraded Katrina to a tropical storm in the last few hours and issued warnings from Lake Ponchartrain and the mouth of the Pearl River, eastward to the Alabama/Florida border.All other...
Aug 26 2005 // General Casualty Cos. said today it expects to pay out about $5 million in losses on the nearly 60 claims that have been filed as a result of tornados last Thursday in southeastern Wisconsin.More than 30 of the claims are...
Aug 25 2005 // Allen E. Weintraub of Miami, Fla. has been arrested for collecting more than $100,000 for worthless hurricane insurance he sold to at least 45 consumers. The arrest was announced by Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, who...
Aug 24 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...
Aug 23 2005 // American Family Insurance of Madison, Wisc., which insures about one of every four homes in Wisconsin, has $10.3 million in claims and expects that figure to increase to $12 million.American Family reported receiving 320...
Aug 15 2005 // As the hurricane season recently entered its third month, a London-based storm forecaster reports that a higher-than-usual number of hurricanes are expected to hit the United States this year.Tropical Storm Risk increased...
Aug 8 2005 // There are clear opportunities for the federal government to support research into making homes and businesses safer from violent windstorms and to remove barriers to developing hazard resistant construction.That was the...
Aug 8 2005 // There are clear opportunities for the federal government to support research into making homes and businesses safer from violent windstorms and to remove barriers to developing hazard resistant construction.That was the...
Jul 27 2005 // In order to retain or acquire Windstorm Insurance from the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) residents of Texas’14 coastal counties, which include Cameron and Willacy Counties, must obtain a Windstorm...
Jul 27 2005 // The United States has already experienced seven named storms in less than six weeks, at this rate, 22 systems would form by Nov. 30, which would break the 21-storm record established in 1933.According to the National...
Jul 18 2005 // Having lost some of her punch, Hurricane Emily moved on Monday into the Gulf of Mexico where warmer water temperatures could give her one more strong shot of power as she moves towards the Mexico-U.S. border.The storm left...
Jul 17 2005 // Sixty days after severe storms and flooding struck central Nebraska, many counties and towns continue to work restoring their damaged roads, water drainage systems and infrastructure.Thirty eligible applicants for federal...
Jul 17 2005 // The season’s second major hurricane set its sights on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and the tourist haven of Cancun on Sunday, with the Category 4 storm possibly visiting the Texas Gulf Coast later this...
Jul 13 2005 // Tropical Storm Emily had 60 mph winds early Wednesday morning and was continuing on its path into the Caribbean. The National Weather Service reported at 5 a.m. its eye was 260 miles southeast of Barbados at latitude 11.1...
Jul 12 2005 // Tropical Storm Emily, the fifth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, developed late on Monday but was still far out in the ocean and several days away from posing a threat to any inhabited areas. Emily, given...
Jul 8 2005 // Hurricane Dennis slammed into the northern coastline of the Gulf of Mexico between Pensacola Beach and Navarre Beach, Fla. on Sunday afternoon shortly after 3 p.m. (EDT) packing top sustained winds of 120 mph.The storm...
Jul 5 2005 // The National Hurricane Center in Miami issued a tropical storm warning for the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico from Intracoastal City, La., to Pascagoula, Miss., including the city of New Orleans and Lake...