All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has published a consumer’s booklet “Aft-er the Storm Has Passed, Settling Dis-aster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.”The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...
Apr 1 2005 // People suffering damage to their homes and businesses a result of the storms that swept across Austin, Texas, over the Easter weekend were warned to be aware of unscrupulous contractors ready to take advantage of storm...
Mar 30 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Wednesday raised concerns with confusing policy language and recommended solutions for helping consumers navigate through their homeowners insurance policies and...
Mar 30 2005 // Two Texas-based insurance industry trade associations released preliminary estimations of the cost of damages from the strong hailstorm that hit Central Texas on Friday, March 24. According to the Southwestern Insurance...
Mar 10 2005 // As the damage from the recent California storms is tallied, a new peril threatens homeowners — con artists posing as contractors and public adjusters. These criminals come out of the woodwork after disasters, preying...
Mar 9 2005 // The Kentucky Office of Insurance has just published a consumer’s booklet “After the Storm Has Passed, Settling Disaster Claims: Who to Call and What to Do.”The eight-page booklet features a check-sheet...
Feb 2 2005 // Panelists and even the audience dispute Florida Insurance Council and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation statistics indicating that a large percentage of claims from the four hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 have...
Jan 27 2005 // The four major hurricanes that severely impacted Florida and other states and preparing for the 2005 hurricane season will be discussed by Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, during the Feb. 1 to 4...
Jan 26 2005 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that claims relating to its exposure to Windstorm Erwin, which hit Northern Europe in early January, are expected to be between $50-$60 million. Windstorm Erwin battered Northern...
Jan 25 2005 // On Jan. 26, 2005, the Texas Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing on proposed additional increases to the limits of liability for certain Texas Windstorm Insurance Association windstorm and hail insurance...
Jan 13 2005 // California isn’t alone in trying to cope with deadly weather. Northern Europe has been lashed by the most powerful storm to hit the continent since Lothar and Martin ravaged France, Switzerland and Germany in...
Jan 13 2005 // In the aftermath of the Southern California storms, flooding and mudslides that have already claimed at least 10 lives, insurers are urging residents to exercise caution in cleanup now that the storms are...
Jan 10 2005 // A severe winter storm, packing winds up to 150 km/hr (94 mph) and heavy rains has paralyzed much of Northern Europe, caused at least 14 deaths, knocked out power over wide areas and severely interrupted sea, air and land...
Jan 3 2005 // Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director and Bill Bailey, Hurricane Insurance Information Center director will join leading property insurance industry experts speaking at the Feb. 1 — 4, Sixth Annual...
Dec 30 2004 // Californians this week are once again dealing with the effects of a fierce rainy season.No California county is immune from the risk of flooding. In the past 10 years alone, there have been three large-scale, widespread,...
Dec 30 2004 // Those without insurance whose homes were damaged in the Nov. 23 tornado that ripped through Holum and Olla, Louisiana are still waiting to hear if they can expect any help from the Federal Emergency Management...
Dec 28 2004 // More than $114 million in hurricane claim losses have been reported in Georgia by John Oxendine, Insurance Commissioner, while Hurricane Ivan accounted for $75 million in damages. A number of families in metro Atlanta are...
Dec 27 2004 // The total number of tornadoes reported in the United States reached a record high during the year 2004, surpassing the previous record by almost 300, according to officials at NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in...
Dec 8 2004 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens), Florida’s state-run insurer of last resort, could face a shortfall in available funds to pay off insurance claims and might have to assess an $86 per policy to...
Dec 6 2004 // Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director and Bill Bailey, Hurricane Insurance Information Center director will join leading property insurance industry experts speaking at the Feb. 1 to 4 Sixth Annual Windstorm...