State agencies are updating Virginia’s hurricane evacuation plan based on the preliminary findings of a federal study that paints a “worst-case scenario.” The study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began in 2000. It found that more people than …
The insurance market in Florida is adjusting to changing conditions — some man-made, others resulting from forces of nature — all of which make property insurance for Florida homeowners more available and more affordable, according the industry’s Florida Insurance Council. …
The new head of the National Hurricane Center says the big challenge for forecasters is predicting the intensity of hurricanes. Bill Read says there’s been a lot of improvement in track models in recent years. But he says intensity forecasts …
The insurance market in Florida is adjusting to changing conditions – some man-made, others resulting from forces of nature – all of which make property insurance for Florida homeowners more available and more affordable, according the Florida Insurance Council. One …
According to a recently conducted survey of 138 underwriters, Lloyd’s found that the instability of global financial markets is the single factor that will have the most impact on the insurance industry during 2008. Lloyd’s annual underwriters survey asked the …
New research on the link between the formation of hurricanes in the Atlantic basin and U.S. landfall activity suggests that using Atlantic basin hurricane activity as a proxy for landfall activity can lead to erroneous estimates of both landfall risk …
GAO finds fault with coverage exclusions in policies and lack of data available to assist with FEMA assessments Government adjusters trying to assess the accuracy of flood claims payments from the 2005 hurricane season were hampered by a lack of …
Over the next several months, DHS is going to conduct outreach training across the country because, in the words of DHS Secretary Chertoff, “the NRF does not come to be born in one fell swoop. It’s a birthing process that …
Government adjusters trying to assess the accuracy of flood claims payments from the 2005 hurricane season were hampered by a lack of access to data on wind damage from the National Flood Insurance Program and private insurers, according to a …
The National Hurricane Center’s new chief said he would deal with problems behind the scenes and work to boost morale among staffers who helped oust the former director for his outspokenness. Bill Read, 58, had been the center’s interim deputy …
