Mississippi High Court Tells USAA to Pay up in Hurricane Katrina Bad-Faith Claim December 9, 2024 By William Rabb When hurricanes hit coastal areas, property insurers often breathe a sigh of relief when much of the damage appears to...
Spain’s Hurricane Katrina Moment Saw Officials Ignoring Warnings November 8, 2024 By Rodrigo Orihuela, Clara Hernanz Lizarraga and Thomas Gualtieri As a deadly storm bore down on Valencia on Oct. 29, the regional president was attending a ceremony to recognize...
Lawyers Plead Ignorance of MMA’s Misdeeds, Seek Relief from Nine-Month Suspension July 27, 2023 Former attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates hope to persuade a federal judge to lift a suspension that prevents them...
State Farm, Mississippi Settle Katrina Lawsuit for $12M September 19, 2022 Mississippi has quietly settled its lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. for allegedly minimizing its Hurricane Katrina payments...
State Farm to Pay $100 Million to Federal Government for Hurricane Katrina Claims August 25, 2022 By Chad Hemenway State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. and two former claims-adjuster sisters, who more than 16 years ago filed a lawsuit...
COVID-19 Loss of $44B Is 3rd Largest Catastrophe Cost to Insurers – Howden January 4, 2022 LONDON–Insured losses of $44 billion from COVID-19 so far represent the third largest cost to insurers of any catastrophe, behind...
Ida v. Katrina in New Orleans: Fewer People, Better Levees, Smaller Storm Surge September 3, 2021 By Jim Sams Hurricane Ida and Hurricane Katrina in 2005 made landfall within 50 miles of one other and each carried 150 mph...
As Ida Leaves Gulf, Analysts Foresee Modest Economic Damage August 31, 2021 By Martin Crutsinger WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi having lost power, Hurricane Ida is sure...
Louisiana Could Make First Levee Debt Payment Without Loan May 24, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Rather than borrowing, Louisiana could make its first $400 million payment in cash to the...
Analysis: Louisiana Weighs Hefty Borrowing to Pay Levee Debt March 9, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana delayed paying its debts for improvements to the federal flood protection...