Latest Hurricane Headlines
All the headlines from our Hurricane Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Karen Clark & Co. Estimates $950M Insured Loss in U.S. from Delta
Oct 13 2020 // The catastrophe risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Co. (KCC) has estimated that the insured loss to onshore properties from Hurricane Delta will be close to $1.25 billion, which includes $950 million wind and storm surge...
State Takes over Houston’s Hurricane Harvey Home Repair Program
Oct 12 2020 // All Houston, Texas, resident Alice Torres has wanted in the three years since Hurricane Harvey hit was to repair her family’s flood-damaged home so her 85-year-old mother can feel safe and settled again. But when her...
Returning After Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Evacuees Face Power Outages, Extreme Heat
Oct 11 2020 // 10/11/2020 06:21 PM— Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes on Sunday to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner: Pay Only 1 Hurricane Deductible Per Season
Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana’s single season named-storm/hurricane deductible law prohibits a homeowner from paying more than one named-storm/hurricane deductible in the same hurricane season, the state insurance department is...
Update: Louisiana Residents Flee as Delta Bears Down on U.S. Gulf Coast
Oct 8 2020 // 10/09/2020 10:41 AM LAKE CHARLES, La., Oct 9 — The streets in Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana were deserted as a powerful Hurricane Delta approached, threatening to add misery to people struggling to recover from the...
CoreLogic: Nearly 300K Gulf Coast Homes at Possible Risk From Delta
Oct 8 2020 // CoreLogic an Irvine, Calif.-based global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released data analysis showing 293,685 single-family and multifamily homes across Louisiana and the U.S....
Still in Recovery Mode, Louisiana Braces for Hurricane Delta
Oct 8 2020 // Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico toward a region still recovering from the last storm. Delta struck Mexico’s...
U.S. Offshore Energy Firms Prep for Massive Hurricane
Oct 7 2020 // Oil and gas workers withdrew en masse from U.S. offshore production facilities and onshore refineries began preparations on Wednesday as Hurricane Delta was forecast to grow into a powerful storm over the Caribbean on its...
Category 3 Hurricane Delta Hits Mexico; Expected to Strengthen, Then Move to U.S.
Oct 7 2020 // Updated Oct 7., 2020, 6:58 AM— Hurricane Delta weakened to a Category 3 storm just before slamming into the coast of Mexico, but remains life-threatening. Delta came ashore along the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula near...
Alabama Coast Struggles to Recover from Hurricane Sally
Oct 6 2020 // Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast has hardly recovered fully from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month. Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many...
Insurance Consumer Advice for Buyers of High-Risk Homes: Liz Weston
Oct 6 2020 // When house hunting, the price of homeowners insurance probably isn’t top of mind. But homes with hidden risks can make getting coverage difficult, expensive or both. Learning how to identify them could save a...
Tropical Storm Delta Expected to Threaten Gulf Coast as Major Hurricane This Week
Oct 6 2020 // 10/06/2020 09:09 AM— Hurricane Delta, the 25th named Atlantic storm this year, is moving toward the Gulf of Mexico and expected to take aim at the U.S. Gulf Coast this week as a major hurricane, the National Hurricane...
Energy Firm Evacuations Underway as Another Major Storm, Delta, Threatens Gulf Coast
Oct 5 2020 // Energy companies on Monday began evacuating offshore oil platforms as the 25th named storm of the year formed in the Caribbean and was forecast to become a major hurricane before it entered the Gulf of Mexico and threatens...
Hyperactive Hurricane Season Highlights Need for Flood Insurance
Oct 5 2020 // Tropical Storm Beta made landfall on the central Texas coast on Sept. 21 as the 23rd named storm of the hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the third to hit the Gulf Coast this year. Slow moving Beta dumped...
Insurer Impact from Sally Expected to be Moderate; Losses Estimated at $1B to $3B
Oct 5 2020 // Insured losses from Hurricane Sally could reach as much as $3 billion, according to catastrophe modelers, but ratings agency Moody’s expects a moderate impact on property and casualty insurers and...
MGA New Paradigm Aims to Bridge the Natural Catastrophe Protection Gap
Sep 29 2020 // Evan Glassman saw a gap in the property insurance market—literally. Glassman, working as a retail producer in south Florida for most of his career, realized that the insurance industry’s products were not fully...
Close Call with Laura Renewed Debate over Houston Storm Surge Barrier
Sep 29 2020 // Houston, a Gulf Coast city that barely rises above sea level, has long worried about a worst-case weather scenario — a direct hit from a powerful storm that sends a wall of water barreling into the region’s...
Louisiana Utility: Hurricane Laura Repair Costs Now at $1.4B
Sep 28 2020 // A Louisiana utility says the cost to restore electricity and repair power lines damaged in the state during Hurricane Laura is now up to $1.4 billion. Entergy Corp., the New Orleans-based utility serving many of the areas...
Texas Windstorm Insurer Seeks More Data on Rate Adequacy, Hurricane Modeling
Sep 24 2020 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s actuarial and underwriting committee is seeking more data from TWIA staff and an actuarial consulting firm on rate adequacy and catastrophe modeling for potential hurricane...
Florida OKs Emergency Adjusters, Brings In Fraud Strike Teams for Sally Recovery
Sep 23 2020 // The Florida Department of Financial Services has deployed its Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) to the Florida Panhandle, as well as activated the state’s emergency adjuster license system to assist with...
