Hurricane Season News

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, everyone is also looking back at one …

Reinsurers adopt ‘wait and see’ posture at Rendezvous

For the first time in two years the high and mighty from the reinsurance world gathered for their annual Rendezvous in Monte Carlo without having to face the consequences of an ongoing catastrophe (Ivan in 2004 and Katrina last year). …

La.: $2.4B in Hurricane Rita Claims Paid Out so Far

The Louisiana Department of Insurance on Friday said just over $2.4 billion had been paid out by insurers as of August 31 for damage caused by Hurricane Rita a year ago. The amount was paid out on 200,582 claims in …

Steven M. Goldman, New Jersey, Commissioner of Banking and Insurance

Steven M. Goldman was sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 20, 2006, after the Senate Judiciary Committee and full Senate unanimously approved his appointment. Prior to his nomination by Gov. Jon …

Editor’s Note: Post-storm season forecast

If the immediate hurricane trend does continue, there may be another storm that the insurance industry will have to weather: a political storm. With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as uneventful for …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also looking back …

Post-storm season forecast

With lots of luck, the second half of the 2006 hurricane season will be as uneventful for most East Coast residents and businesses — and insurers — as the first half has been. Not that the first half hasn’t had …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also looking back …

Striking the right balance

Steven M. Goldman was sworn in as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on March 20, 2006, after the Senate Judiciary Committee and full Senate unanimously approved his appointment. Prior to his nomination by Gov. Jon …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, everyone is also looking back at one …