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Insurance & Technology
August 30, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Hurricane Earl to Intensify to Category Three Hurricane Insurers are watching the storm, which will strike the Virgin Islands later today and has the potential to affect the U.S. mainland, with North Carolina at greatest risk.   |
Insurance & Technology
August 31, 2009
Nathan Conz |
Hurricane Jimena Strengthened to Category 4 Storm Hurricane Jimena is forecast to make landfall within the next two days. |
Insurance & Technology
August 19, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Hurricane Bill Now Category 4, Expected to Miss U.S., Bermuda Latest forecasts indicate that neither the U.S. or Bermuda likely to be affected by Hurricane Bill, though Nova Scotia could feel the effects of the storm early next week, according to some scenarios. |
Geotimes
August 2005 |
Hurricane Outlook Updated With high activity early in the season, in addition to ripe oceanic and atmospheric conditions, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revised its hurricane outlook. The new outlook indicates an increase in the number of expected hurricanes. |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
First Named Storm of Hurricane Season Hits Central America Guatemala hit hardest as that country and Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras declare a state of emergency in response to conditions such as widespread flooding, mudslides and the opening of large sinkholes. |
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2008
Emily Gertz |
Desert Storm Watch: Scientists Observe Saharan Dust to Predict the Next Big Hurricane Season A University of Wisconsin researcher and his team have connected the dry, windswept plains of the Sahara to the intensity of the Atlantic hurricane season. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Laura Stafford |
New Seasonal Hurricane Prediction Scientists are proposing a new method for assessing the probability of a "good" or "bad" hurricane season, which could give insurance companies the ability to plan in advance what sort of protection they may need for their clients. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Rita: Could Have Been Worse The Category-3 storm was not nearly as devastating as Hurricane Katrina, but damage from wind, fire and flooding still prevent some residents from returning to their homes and businesses. |
Insurance & Technology
June 29, 2010
Nathan Golia |
Alex Expected to Make Landfall as Hurricane In a statement, Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions noted Alex's similarity to 2008's Hurricane Dolly. |
Insurance & Technology
September 2, 2010
Katherine Burger |
Earl's Impact: AIR Worldwide Estimates $50 to $150 million in Insured Losses in Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, St. Maarten, and St. Martin Insurers watch Hurricane Earl, which weakens to Category 3 as it approaches Carolinas. |
Geotimes
July 2003
Christina Reed |
La Nina predicted to boost hurricane season This year's hurricane season is promising strong activity due to a confluence in time of La Nina, which is expected to arrive this summer, with a multidecadal pattern of tropical rainfall that supports hurricane activity. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Global Climate Affects Storms? Experts caution that drawing a direct link between climate change and hurricane behavior is not yet possible, and that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation may have more of an impact on storm intensity and occurrence. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Loop Current Enhances Wilma The onslaught of hurricanes this season has provided researchers with ample data to study how the "Loop Current" in the Gulf contributes to hurricane strength. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. |
Reason
April 2007
Ronald Bailey |
Bad Blow Hurricanes and global warming is a hotly debated area with no definitive conclusions. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Adam Aston |
The Worst Isn't Over Smarter science is helping companies and insurers plan for hurricanes. The bad news: This year could be another doozy. |
IDB America
December 2002
Peter Bate |
In the hurricane's aftermath How a deadly storm led the Dominican Republic to overhaul its standards for responding to natural hazards |
Popular Mechanics
March 6, 2006 |
Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005 Video Conference The transcript here suggests that, contrary to popular perception, federal authorities were alert to the risks posed by Katrina and fully engaged in planning for the disaster. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Richard J. Murnane |
Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance. |
Geotimes
July 2006
Megan Sever |
Stormy Debate on Hurricanes and Global Warming Last year, several studies linked rising sea-surface temperatures -- possibly caused by increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases -- to increased hurricane intensities. But new research is suggesting that warming may not be to blame. |
Geotimes
November 2005
Megan Sever |
The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Population trends, mitigation efforts and federal disaster relief policies all contribute to encouraging high-risk land use and ultimately to making our society more vulnerable to the costs of natural disasters. |
The Motley Fool
September 7, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Offshore Drillers Get Back to Work After Storm Scare After a weekend of weather scares, oil platforms and rigs are headed back to work. |
Finefishing Saltwater
Larry Larsen |
Fish Dive In Florida Finding America's favorite fishing & diving waters |
Popular Mechanics
July 29, 2008
Laurie J. Schmidt |
To Test Houses vs. Hurricanes, Lab Will Simulate 155-mph Storm Rather than wait for another Katrina, Stephen Leatherman and his colleagues at the International Hurricane Research Center in Miami are putting a full-scale hurricane inside a lab. |
IEEE Spectrum
July 2011
Eliza Strickland |
Satellites and Supercomputers Say 6 to 10 Hurricanes Coming U.S. scientists predict a stormy season; new satellites and simulations coming too |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Ready for the Hurricanes? A look at what hurricane season means for investors in the oil patch. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Stormy Weather Hurricane Dennis provoked an early debut of technologically driven tools and strategies demonstrating the evolution of CAT-related solutions, or simply representing such technology's increasing availability. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs to Watch During Hurricane Season These ETFs might see some movement as hurricane season begins. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Robert Gall & David Parsons |
It's Hurricane Season: Do You Know Where Your Storm is? Souped-up satellites, supercomputers, and superior science might soon mean you really can trust the weather report. |
Popular Mechanics
September 1, 2009
Joe P. Hasler |
8 of the Most Dangerous Places (To Live) on the Planet Violent weather and unfortunate geographic influences make certain places vulnerable. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2005
Tekla S. Perry |
Hurricane Watchers Hit Their Mark Hurricane Katrina, despite the tremendous problems with the evacuation of New Orleans, provided a vivid example of today's more skillful hurricane predicting. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Jim Gorman Diagrams |
Future Shocks Think mother nature has dealt us her worst? Think again. Here are five natural disasters poised to strike the United States, and why they will be like nothing we have ever seen... How to ride out an emergency... |
Insurance & Technology
October 12, 2004
Wendy Toth |
Hurricane Warfare Insurers find a variety of ways to leverage technology to help claimants recover from the onslaught of ferocious storms. |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 31, 2006
Ivan Schneider |
Vicious Hurricane Cycle Although one can hope that the upcoming hurricane season will defy the predictions that have accompanied the start of the decades-long hurricane cycle, the banks in the Gulf Coast must do more than hope. They must plan, and plan for the worst. |
Popular Mechanics
August 29, 2008
Kristen Hays |
Katrina Lessons in Mind, Oil Companies Prep Platforms for Gustav When Hurricane Katrina roared through the Gulf of Mexico three years ago, it ripped the drilling rig atop Royal Dutch Shell's Mars platform from its clamps and slammed it back onto the top deck in a crumpled pile of steel. |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2011
Tim Beyers |
Hartford Financial Services Group Shares Popped: What You Need to Know Shares of Hartford Financial Services Group surged more than 12% in early trading on news that damage from Hurricane Irene wouldn't be as costly as expected. |
The Motley Fool
September 10, 2004
Rich Duprey |
Insurers Eye Ivan the Terrible How will companies and investors fare if the storm spawns moderate damage? |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Forecasting Disaster Benfield, a London-based reinsurance and risk intermediary, in partnership with Tropical Storm Risk, an independent research organization, developed ReMetrica, a new modeling methodology to help carriers with investments affected by the weather in the U.S. manage risk effectively. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Arlene Came Early An early start to the summer storm season may be bad news for travel and oil exploration stocks. |
HBS Working Knowledge
June 20, 2005
Matthew Mulcahy |
Hurricane Season in the Colonies Although western Europe occasionally experienced storms of great intensity, hurricanes were an entirely new phenomenon for colonists in the seventeenth century. |
InternetNews
September 19, 2005
Paul Shread |
Focus Turns to Fed, Oil Prices Stocks spent Monday on the defensive on fears of higher oil prices and interest rates... Oil spiked as another storm headed for the Gulf of Mexico... HP rose on acquisitions... etc. |
Insurance & Technology
January 31, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
RMS Faces Heat in Florida Catastrophe modeler RMS finds itself in the midst of an acrimonious conflict between the State of Florida and P&C insurers about rising property insurance rates. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2006 |
Now What? The lessons of Katrina |
| This Old House |
Hurricane Insurance Update A natural disaster is bad enough without a insurance disaster on top of it. Here are seven suggestions for proper coverage. |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006 |
Modeling Toward Accurate Storm Forecasting For the time being, getting the weather right will still require a large dose of good fortune. But continued improvements in our weather predicting capabilities will eventually take the guessing out of storm prediction and bring us to the moment when wagering on the weather will be a safe bet indeed. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Coy & Aston |
Hurricane Ahead, But Lower Insurance Why the price of property coverage is going down in the face of dire predictions. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2004
Kelvin Taylor |
The Windfall of Hurricanes Retailers like Lowe's and Home Depot are benefiting from the rash of hurricanes. The stocks of all these companies have done well over the past few weeks. |
Insurance & Technology
January 14, 2008
Anthony O'Donnell |
Pacific Northwest Storm Challenges Insurers The geographical breadth of December 2007's Pacific Northwest storm challenged insurers' catastrophe management teams to anticipate claimants' needs. |
BusinessWeek
October 24, 2005
Otis Port |
Herding Hurricanes It can't be done yet, but one scientist's computer simulations point the way to tempering fierce weather in the future. |
The Motley Fool
June 18, 2007
Emil Lee |
Quick Take: Prepare Yourself for Hurricane Season Things to do before the wind starts howling -- First things first: basic necessities... Economic precautions... |
