Top meteorologist predicts 17 named storms will form in Atlantic Basin A well-known meteorologist is predicting that 17 named storms will form in the Atlantic Basin during the 2006 hurricane season, and the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season will be much …
With Spring meetings of the Florida Legislature coming to an end in Tallahassee in May, the Florida Insurance Council has summarized insurance-related bills now being considered in the House and Senate. Sam Miller, FIC’s executive vice president, has applauded Florida …
The nation’s top emergency planner is promising that the government has learned from past mistakes and will be prepared for the upcoming 2006 hurricane season. R. David Paulison, acting director for the Federal Emergency Management, described the upcoming hurricane season …
With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the nation must learn from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and prepare now for what could be a worse 2006 season than what happened in 2005, a leading hurricane …
With thousands of Floridians reeling from huge property insurance premium spikes as yet another hurricane season approaches, a Senate panel began discussion Wednesday of ways to fix what many say is a broken hurricane insurance market. But with a period …
Local, state and federal officials have joined Governor Haley Barbour in announcing an eight-week informational campaign to help make Mississippians more aware of how to protect themselves as the 2006 hurricane season approaches. “Katrina, the worst natural disaster in American …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on the global reinsurance industry to stable from negative, “indicating that there will be little near-term movement in ratings or outlooks, according to two reports (‘Strong Industry Fundamentals …
A large insurance company plans to begin canceling coverage for 140,000 Florida homeowners this summer, less than two months after the start of hurricane season. Atlantic Preferred Insurance Co. will begin dropping the policies July 13 as they come up …
Audrey Celistan desperately wants to return to New Orleans and rebuild the three-bedroom brick house she lived in for 42 years before Hurricane Katrina drowned it in more than 10 feet (3 meters) of muddy water. Lucky for her, Celistan …
With the start of the hurricane season just two months away, Gov. Rick Perry said recent recommendations that the federal government assume primary control of disaster response is the wrong approach to take, the governor’s office reported. “If the federal …
