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Hurricane Forecasters Revise Their Predictions Upward
(8/12/2008)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has upped its forecast for this year's Atlantic hurricane season, adding two more named storms to its August update... Full Story
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Damage From Hurricane Dolly May Reach $750 Million
(7/29/2008)
Catastrophe risk specialist RMS says the insurance bill for damage from Hurricane Dolly, which hit Southwest Texas on July 23, may go as high as $750 million... Full Story
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Property Insurers Facing Rising Catastrophe Losses
(7/2/2008)
According to the property claims services division of the Insurance Services Office (ISO), U.S. property insurers have received more than one million claims related to 15 weather related catastrophes since April 1 and paid a total of approximately $5.5 billion... Full Story
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Will Your Business Be Protected When Disaster Strikes?
(6/24/2008)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates that 40 percent of small businesses wouldn’t reopen after a disaster... Full Story
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Lightening Sparks Hundreds of Fires in Northern California
(6/24/2008)
Extremely dry conditions proved to be a tinderbox on Sunday, June 22 when lightening caused an outbreak of hundreds of wildfires in Northern California... Full Story
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Natural Catastrophe Fund Becomes Issue in Presidential Campaign
(6/10/2008)
Democratic presidential nominee-apparent Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is using the issue of a national catastrophe fund to attack Republican nominee-apparent Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)... Full Story
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Forecasters Predict Busy 2008 Hurricane Season
(6/3/2008)
The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season which began June 1 will be fairly active with six to nine hurricanes, five of which may become major storms, according to government forecasters... Full Story
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NAIC Study Finds Nearly Half of Americans Unprepared for Disasters
(6/3/2008)
As the nation braces for the hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and floods that accompany the spring and summer disaster season, nearly half of U.S. consumers are insufficiently prepared — in terms of their insurance coverage — to deal with potential losses, according to new research by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)... Full Story
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