A paper issued Thursday by Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) is “untrue, irresponsible and reckless,” according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Tens of thousands of insurance company employees have worked around the clock since Hurricane Katrina struck to overcome …
The hurricane season made 2005 a year-to-remember, with the southeast encountering the busiest hurricane season of the century, with 26 named storms and 13 hurricanes, meteorologists used up the list of 21 proper names and had to resort to the …
A mediation program to help condominium associations resolve disputes with their insurance companies over hurricane claims has been suggested by Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. Gallagher said the mediation program, established for homeowners after the 2004 storms, has successfully helped more …
Louisiana’s state labor department has paid nearly 13 times as many unemployment benefit claims following hurricanes Katrina and Rita as it normally would over eight weeks, the agency says. Over the most recent eight weeks, the department paid nearly 311,000 …
Hurricane Wilma, with a barometric pressure of 882 mb, is now the most intense hurricane on record in the Atlantic Basin. After rapid intensification Tuesday night, Wilma is now a potentially catastrophic Category 5 hurricane that is expected to reach …
Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher announced on Thursday afternoon he has launched a fraud investigation into allegations by Universal Risk Insurance Services of Houston, Texas, that R. Paul Hulsebusch, chief operating officer of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. attempted to obtain kickbacks …
GEICO’s claims staff has been on duty in the Gulf Coast since Hurricane Katrina devastated the area last week. GEICO’s Catastrophe Response Teams (CAT) were also deployed to Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama and will remain in place until all hurricane …
Those who have evacuated Hurricane Katrina-stricken areas and found themselves in Alabama can call the Alabama Department of Insurance if they have questions regarding their insurance policies and how to file claims, Commissioner Walter Bell said. The Department can be …
A 12-member Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market meets today in Tallahassee to discuss how to help Floridians obtain hurricane insurance, amid complaints that consumers don’t have a seat on the panel. The task force will …
Rev. Joyce Chandler has been apprehended in Miami-Dade County, Fla. and accused of filing a false insurance claim with Citizens Property Insurance Company for $89,000 for damages done to her home last September by Hurricane Frances. Chandler’s house was demolished …