Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Report: insurers did not shift wind claims
Sep 3 2007 // A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina onto the federal government’s flood...
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Sep 3 2007 // Report: insurers did not shift wind claims A preliminary report from the federal government has found no evidence to support allegations that private insurers improperly shifted wind damage claims from Hurricane Katrina...
Hurricane Felix Hits Netherlands Antilles
Sep 2 2007 // The second strong hurricane of the season, Felix, is currently roiling the waters of the Southern Caribbean, as it passes over the Netherlands Antilles. The islands – Bonaire, Curaçao and Aruba are close to the...
Trial Bar Report: Insurers Still Denying Claims 2 Years After Katrina
Aug 30 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina decimated the homes of thousands of Gulf Coast residents insurance companies are still systematically denying policyholders fair and just claims payments following this and other natural...
National Hurricane Center Hires Acting Deputy Director
Aug 29 2007 // The head of a Texas National Weather Service office will join the staff of the National Hurricane Center, officials announced Monday. Bill Read will become acting deputy director Sept. 4, National Weather Service spokesman...
S.C. Beaches in Good Shape, Some Structures in Path of Danger
Aug 29 2007 // South Carolina’s beaches overall are well prepared to withstand the winds and waves of this year’s hurricane season, but there are a few spots along the coast to worry about, a state official...
N.Y. Halts Insurers from Tying Coastal Home Renewals to Other Business
Aug 29 2007 // Insurance companies in New York may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on whether a policyholder has other business such as an auto or life policy with them, under a new order from the state insurance...
La.: Hurricanes did $100B in Damage; State Short $34B to Cover Losses
Aug 28 2007 // Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal aid and insurance payments fall about $34 billion short of making up for the losses, a state agency says. The $100...
Deadline Looms for Filing Suits Against Insurers Over Katrina
Aug 27 2007 // Courts in Louisiana already inundated by a wave of litigation against insurance companies over damage from Hurricane Katrina are bracing for a last-minute barrage of lawsuit filings as a deadline nears. Thousands of...
Florida’s Catastrophe Fund Bond Sale Delayed
Aug 27 2007 // The board that invests state money is delaying a bond issue meant to shore up Florida’s backup Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, waiting until financial markets stabilize before completing the bond sale. The state Board of...
AIR Estimates Dean Mexico Losses ‘Unlikely To Exceed $400 Million’
Aug 23 2007 // AIR Worldwide’s provisional assessment of the losses in Mexico from Category 5 Hurricane Dean indicated that they are “unlikely to exceed $400 million.” AIR said its estimate “covers insured losses...
RMS Estimates Dean Losses around $1.5 Billion
Aug 22 2007 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions announced that it estimates losses from Hurricane Dean are likely to range between $750 million and $1.5 billion. RMS’ preliminary indications show around $300 million...
AIR: Dean Jamaica Losses Won’t Exceed $1.5 Billion
Aug 21 2007 // AIR Worldwide has issued preliminary estimates indicating that insured losses in Jamaica from Hurricane Dean will not exceed $1.5 billion. The figure “covers insured losses to property, contents, business...
Cat Five Dean Slams Yucatan
Aug 21 2007 // Hurricane Dean joined a small but devastating group of Category five hurricanes with winds in excess of 160 mph (255 kp/hr) as it slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula near the border of Mexico and Belize. News reports (BBC,...
Dean’s Damages Delimited
Aug 20 2007 // Hurricane Dean, is the most powerful storm to roil the waters of the Caribbean since Wilma in 2005. So far it’s been responsible for at least six deaths. After ravaging Martinique and St. Lucia as a category two...
Texans Prepare as Dean Draws Near
Aug 20 2007 // Some South Texas areas have begun taking precautions as Category 4 Hurricane Dean charted a course toward the Yucatan Peninsula and the Gulf of Mexico, with the Texas coast a possible target. City officials in Brownsville...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // $40.6 billion paid on 1.7 million insurance claims Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been...
Court affirms flood exclusions in La. property policies
Aug 20 2007 // Two federal appeals court rulings in early August in class-action lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina-related property damage in Louisiana underscored the validity of flood exclusions in property insurance...
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Aug 20 2007 // Court affirms flood exclusions in La. property policies Two federal appeals court rulings in early August in class-action lawsuits stemming from Hurricane Katrina-related property damage in Louisiana underscored the...
Katrina at Two Years
Aug 20 2007 // Two years after Hurricane Katrina struck, the “overwhelming majority of claims” in Gulf Coast states from her destruction have been settled in what has been the single largest loss — $40.6 billion —...
