Final insurance damage estimates for Colorado’s 2009 summer storm season has been tallied at $1.4 billion, making it the most expensive in state history, according to the Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association. According to the association’s figures, one July storm …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has teamed with HailWatch to provide a detailed look at geographic locations that may have been impacted by severe hail caused by violent thunderstorms. ICT news releases on storms designated as weather catastrophes will …
As spring storms march across Kansas, the state still has unfinished business and unpaid bills for severe weather that wreaked havoc over the last decade. The bill is more than $27 million and represents the state’s share of disaster payments …
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Zenith National Insurance Group and its members, Zenith Insurance Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, ZNAT Insurance Company. Best …
The National Weather Service says the deadly storms that hit Oklahoma on May 10 included six EF-3 tornadoes, one EF-2 and three EF-1. The tornadoes killed at least two people and injured more than 100. State and federal damage assessment …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has issued an emergency order following severe storms that hit the state on May 10 and 11. The order allows the Oklahoma Department of Insurance to issue licenses to emergency claims adjusters to adjust claims …
Violent storms that tore through the southern Plains on May 10 killed five people and injured dozens more, leaving behind flattened homes, toppled semitrailers and downed power lines. Several tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma and Kansas as the storms moved …
Alabama emergency officials have opened disaster recovery centers in DeKalb and Marshall counties for those affected by the severe spring storms and tornadoes of late April. The centers are operated by the Alabama Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Emergency …
A weekend deluge burst rivers and creeks from their banks across Tennessee and neighboring U.S. states Monday, killing at least 22 people and forcing thousands to evacuate homes and hotels. The overflowing Cumberland River shut down bars and clubs in …
Preliminary assessments show more than 700 homes were damaged by the deadly tornadoes that struck Mississippi over the last weekend in April. A total of 390 homes were destroyed or sustained major damage and 341 had minor damage based on …