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By Staff Writer |
September 22, 2011
Recent wildfires in Texas are expected to cause nearly $250 million in insured losses, and losses as of now have already surpassed total-insured wildfire losses in the state from any prior year, according to the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT).
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 21, 2011
Nearly all homeowners affected by the most recent wildfires in Texas have been contacted by their insurers and are in the recovery process, according to the Insurance Council of Texas.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
September 14, 2011
State Farm is looking to raise rates and change its homeowners insurance deductibles in Texas.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 31, 2011
State Farm’s claims payments through May eclipsed $2.5 billion as payments to policyholders affected by April’s harsh weather approaches $1 billion.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 25, 2011
State Farm spokesman John Wiscaver has been with the company for 23 years and calls the damage caused by a tornado in Joplin, Mo., “as bad as I have ever seen.”
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 24, 2011
Catastrophe risk modeling firm EQECAT says insured losses for the Joplin, Mo. tornado—the deadliest twister in more than 60 years—could be between $1 billion and $3 billion.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 23, 2011
Insurers are once again responding to a community reduced to debris by a massive tornado, this time in Joplin, Mo.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 27, 2011
State Farm, Arkansas’ largest personal-lines insurer, says it has received more than 3,000 automobile claims and about 2,250 homeowners claims since April 19.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2011
The end to wet weather conditions in Texas could mean trouble for those fighting wildfires.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 25, 2011
A massive tornado with winds of at least 166 mph rumbled through the northwest side of St. Louis on Friday, leaving thousands of damaged homes.