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2014 NFIP Adjuster Certification Presentations

12/18/2013

Registration for the 2014 NFIP Adjuster Certification Presentation is now open. Adjusters seeking to renew certification must attend an NFIP Adjuster Certification Presentation. Adjusters seeking to become certified must attend an NFIP Presentation and apply for certification with the...

Home damage from ice storm to top $30 million in Dallas area

12/17/2013

Storms

long with the downed tree limbs, power outages, iced-over roadways and crumpled cars, last week’s sleet-and-ice storm left behind significant costs for government agencies and residential insurance companies. Mark Hanna, spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas, said the North Texas...

Do you Have a Industry Related Event or Conference?

10/29/2013

Events

Do you have an industry related Event that may be of interest to our community? If so you may wish and are invited to post it on the Community Calendar. Just login and visit the Calendar page and click "Add Article". This is a free service offered to the insurance...

Canada floods: More Alberta cities placed on alert

6/24/2013

Canada

More communities in the Canadian province of Alberta have been placed on flood alert as high water levels move downstream from the city of Calgary.

Oklahoma Insurance Claims from El Reno, Moore Tornadoes Top 60,000

6/12/2013

Storms

OKLAHOMA CITY – Insurance claims filed in response to several May tornadoes jumped to 60,308 Tuesday, with insurance payments reaching $470,323,299. “These numbers are already staggering, and this is just the beginning,” said Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John...

Storms Hit the St. Louis area

6/1/2013

Storms

Google Map of Tornado Reports

FEMA Situation Updates - Tornado Recovery- Oklahoma

5/26/2013

Storms

Situation 5/28 Update May 20: EF-5 tornado struck city of Moore (pop. 56k; Cleveland Co.) POTUS site visit occurred May 26, 2013 Preliminary damage assessment based on aerial data: Destroyed: 1,248 Major damage: 452 Minor damage: 640 ...

Storms Cause Massive Flooding, Evacuation in San Antonio Area

5/26/2013

Storms

Storms rolled through San Antonio Saturday and dumped nearly 10 inches of rain, sparking house fires, flooding roads throughout the city, and stranding people in their vehicles and at parks. San Antonio firefighters responded to nearly 250 water-related incidents. In one case, Chief Charles...

Major damage' as huge tornado rips through neighborhoods south of Oklahoma City

5/20/2013

DOI

A monster tornado packing winds as strong as 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, pulverizing block after block of homes, wrecking an elementary school and leaving fires burning out of control. Crews were frantically searching an estimated 30 square miles of wreckage and...

CatAdjuster.org Site Update

5/20/2013

News

As you may have noticed we recently updated the layout of the site. The main reason for this update was to make the site more compatible with mobile devices such as smart phones. While we still have some work to do we hope that these changes will make the site easier to view on...

Texas Tornadoes: Twisters Damage Homes Near Dallas-Fort Worth

5/16/2013

Storms

Multiple tornadoes swept through north Texas on Wednesday, damaging dozens of homes and claiming several lives, NBC Dallas Fort-Worth reported. At least six people were killed after a twister touched down southeast of Granbury, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds...

State Farm® Names Top Ten States With Most Hail Losses

4/25/2013

Insurers

From the State Farm Press Release: Weather Conditions Put Kentucky in the Top Ten Murfreesboro, TN (April 22, 2013) Wind and hail storms remain some of the most frequent and severe causes of property damage. This year the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety Research Center...

Texas Insurers Headed Toward West Explosion Site

4/19/2013

Insurers

Texas insurers are mobilizing to assist policyholders in the area of West where a fertilizer plant exploded yesterday causing extensive damage to the Central Texas community.

Cars, homes damaged as hail pounds Galveston County

4/3/2013

Storms

"HOUSTON -- Severe weather made its way into southeast Texas overnight Tuesday, dropping baseball-sized hail in Galveston County. In Hitchcock and Santa Fe, hail pounded cars and windows, causing damage at a police station and a mobile home community. Residents told KHOU 11 News some neighbors...

Strong storm drops damaging hail

3/21/2013

Storms

Brookshire, Texas - Residents in Brookshire were woken up in the middle of the night because quarter-sized hail was falling. The nearly 10-minute hail storm moved through about 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the first day of spring. Thousands of pieces of hail littered the Meadowood Apartments in...

122 reports of Hail 3-18-2013

3/19/2013

Storms

32 in AL
5 in AR
23 in GA
5 in LA
53 in MS
3 SC
1 in TN

Christie Administration Announces Insurance Mediation Program to Expedite Sandy-Related Claims

2/28/2013

DOI

Trenton, NJ - Continuing the Administration's commitment to assist New Jersey residents in swiftly resolving their Sandy-related insurance claims, Governor Chris Christie and New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) Commissioner Ken Kobylowski announced the release of a Request...

Farmers - Deploys Cat Adjusters

2/26/2013

Insurers

February 26, 2013 A storm system moved through Austin and San Antonio, Texas producing strong winds on the evening of February 25, 2012. These conditions resulted to damage to homes and other property. Catastrophe adjusters have been deployed to the area to assist with claims and we will...

New York reports more than 270,000 insurance claims paid after Sandy

2/22/2013

Insurers

"More than 270,000 claims have been paid by 24 insurers since Hurricane Sandy damaged and flooded Staten Island and other parts of New York City as well as Long Island and its suburbs last fall, New New York officials report." "The average time from claims report to inspection ranged from three...

New York State gets tough on Sandy insurers

2/21/2013

Insurers

(Reuters) - New York State has told its financial watchdog to investigate three insurance companies for dragging their heels when it comes to processing claims for damage caused by Superstorm Sandy that slammed the region last October. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a statement...

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2014 NFIP Adjuster Certification Presentations

Home damage from ice storm to top $30 million in Dallas area

Do you Have a Industry Related Event or Conference?

Canada floods: More Alberta cities placed on alert

Oklahoma Insurance Claims from El Reno, Moore Tornadoes Top 60,000

Storms Hit the St. Louis area

FEMA Situation Updates - Tornado Recovery- Oklahoma

Storms Cause Massive Flooding, Evacuation in San Antonio Area

Major damage' as huge tornado rips through neighborhoods south of Oklahoma City

CatAdjuster.org Site Update

Texas Tornadoes: Twisters Damage Homes Near Dallas-Fort Worth

State Farm® Names Top Ten States With Most Hail Losses

Texas Insurers Headed Toward West Explosion Site

Cars, homes damaged as hail pounds Galveston County

Strong storm drops damaging hail

122 reports of Hail 3-18-2013

Christie Administration Announces Insurance Mediation Program to Expedite Sandy-Related Claims

Farmers - Deploys Cat Adjusters

New York reports more than 270,000 insurance claims paid after Sandy

New York State gets tough on Sandy insurers

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