Property Claim Services said it has declared both the April 28 Virginia tornado outbreak and the May 1 to May 2 twisters in in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas as an insurance catastrophe events.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for State Farm, which has a 20 percent share of the home insurance market in Virginia, said the company as of Thursday had received claims for 260 damaged homes, some of which were totally destroyed.

Gary Kerney, assistant vice president of Property Claim Services at Insurance Services Office in Jersey City, N.J., said "PCS assigned a catastrophe serial number to the damage caused by the Virginia tornado outbreak. Serial No. 37 identifies damage from wind and tornadoes in Virginia and possibly other areas on April 28 as a catastrophe. The PCS preliminary estimate of insured property damage is not yet available."

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