All the headlines from our Windstorm Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2002 // It will be another day or two before State Farm Insurance Company will have information on the amount of insured losses resulting from a series of strong storms that hit eastern and southeastern states Nov. 10 and 11. At...
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Nov 13 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington has issued a series of “tips” to help property owners filing claims resulting from the devastating tornadoes that struck the state over the...
Nov 12 2002 // Five persons were reportedly killed by the tornadoes that struck Ohio on Sunday night and Monday morning. The storms were part of a system that caused waves of death and destruction throughout the U.S. heartland from...
Nov 5 2002 // Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS) has updated its estimate of damages and insured losses from Windstorm Jeanette, originally released on Oct. 30. RMS now estimates that total damages from the storm, which impacted...
Nov 4 2002 // Despite loss estimates of around $120 million from this summer’s floods in Germany and Eastern Europe, Bermuda’s PartnerRe had a relatively good third quarter, narrowing its net loss for the three months to...
Oct 31 2002 // California-based Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (RMS), announced that the windstorm, designated Jeanett, which has hit the U.K., France, and the rest of northern Europe over the last several days may cause up to 1 billion...
Oct 28 2002 // Emergency Workers in Southern England and Northwest France were busy Monday morning cleaning up the debris and beginning infrastructure repairs after the passage of a powerful windstorm over the weekend blew down power...
Sep 25 2002 // The tornadoes that ripped through Indiana last week will prove costly. Preliminary estimates put the costs of repairing the damages in Marion County alone at $29,797,800. An article in the Indianapolis Star reported that a...
Sep 23 2002 // A series of powerful tornadoes ripped through central Indiana on Friday afternoon causing widespread damage, but miraculously no lives were lost and no serious injuries were reported.The storms, which are unusual at this...
Sep 10 2002 // Thunderstorms of unprecedented intensity struck Southern France Sunday night and Monday, causing widespread flooding and knocking out road and rail transportation throughout the region. 16 people were killed as a direct...
Sep 5 2002 // A tornado that ripped through the town of Ladysmith in Wisconsin’s Rusk County on Labor Day caused an estimated $20 million in damages. According to a report from the Associated Press local authorities estimated the...
Jul 22 2002 // Alabama-based Vesta Insurance Group announced a $6.2 million loss from catastrophes for the second quarter of 2002. Vesta’s net operating loss is expected to be between $0.02 and $0.05 per diluted share. Vesta...
Jun 24 2002 // Colorado State University hurricane forecasters, led by Dr. William Gray, recently lowered this year’s Atlantic basin hurricane forecast numbers, but that hasn’t prevented insurance commissioners from states...
Jun 10 2002 // According to the Insurance Services Office (ISO), U.S. insurers will pay out $700 million for damage from storms that wrecked havoc through 17 states at the end of April. The losses are the largest to hit the country since...
Jun 3 2002 // Thunderstorms, accompanied by torrential rain and high winds caused widespread destruction in and around Pittsburgh Friday night leading Allegheny County manager Bob Webb to declare a state of emergency.According to...
May 24 2002 // Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corporation estimates that storms would contribute between $20 to $22 million to losses in the second quarter, adding 9 to 10 direct loss ratio points to second quarter results.The company...
May 24 2002 // According to the Insurance Services Office (ISO), U.S. insurers will pay out $700 million for damage from storms that wrecked havoc through 17 states at the end of April. The losses are the largest to hit the country since...
May 23 2002 // Pennsylvania-based Erie Insurance Group announced that claims estimates are between $33 and $37 million as a result of the damages caused by the tornadoes, wind and hail storms that struck Maryland, Virginia, WestVirginia...
Apr 15 2002 // Aon announced that its reinsurance services unit has assembled substantial capacity for clients that are exposed to potentially significant tornado/hail losses. The capacity is available on either an indemnity or index...