Presented at PLRB/LIRB claims conference April 13-16, 2008 in Boston, Mass by Andrew P. Rock, attorney, The Rock Law Group, Rick L. Hammond, attorney, Johnson & Bell and Lisa Cronin, coverage counsel, St. Paul Travelers Property & Casualty Co. Please …
A fierce but short-lived tornado has left at least three people dead in northern France. Inhabitants of four regions are assessing the damage after the tornado collapsed some homes and uprooted trees along its path. The tornado swept through the …
Evacuate Wrigley Field and O’Hare Airport because of a summer storm? Unbelievable. Tornado sirens screeching within Chicago city limits–unheard of. Ninety thousand lightening strikes reported by the Chicago Tribune during the peak of this storm? Unprecedented. Chicago and surrounding suburbs, …
Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall in Southeast Texas this morning between High Island, just east of Galveston, and Port Arthur, near the Louisiana border. The National Hurricane Center had expected the rapidly developing, fast moving storm to increase in strength, …
A swiftly developing Tropical Storm Edouard is expected to make landfall very near the upper Texas coast or the coast of southwestern Louisiana by Tuesday, Aug. 5, the National Hurricane Center reported. As of Monday morning, Edouard had sustained winds …
The number of homes found damaged or destroyed in tornado-ravaged Rolette County in North Dakota continues to rise. The state Department of Emergency Services says 12 homes have been destroyed and 18 have been damaged in Rolla from the July …
The National Weather Service is taking a close look at storm damage in far western Maryland to determine whether it was a tornado. Police say no one was hurt by the storm Wednesday evening, but about 15 homes in and …
Georgia storm victims in Cherokee County affected by severe weather and tornadoes now are eligible to receive federal aid. The U.S. Small Business Administration approved disaster relief assistance for the county after a July 1 appeal by Georgia Gov. Sonny …
The federal government approved $5.7 million in disaster assistance funding for two Tennessee institutions that suffered tornado damage, Gov. Phil Bredesen said. These grants are part of the federal Public Assistance program administered by FEMA for declared federal disasters in …
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.’s earnings fell in the second quarter, hurt by claims from tornado damage. Operating earnings fell 9 percent to $696 million. Net income for the second quarter was down 13 percent to $543 million, from $627 …