On April 10, the Texas General Land Office (“GLO”) released a draft of the State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1 (the “State Action Plan”).
Read MoreAt its recent December 11th meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas, the Governing Committee of the Texas FAIR Plan Association (TFPA) is reported to have approved an assessment for its insurance company members of over $64 million in relation to a currently estimated $90 million gross loss for the TFPA from Hurricane Harvey and a 2016 year-end and ongoing 2017 operating deficit.
Read MoreThe 2017 United States Atlantic hurricane season, which officially ended on November 30, was the most expensive ever according to one report. Disaster modelers Chuck Watson and Mark Johnson concluded that total damages for the season, which included Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, topped $202 billion.
Read MoreThe Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has cautioned insurers against improper underwriting activities in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Specifically, TDI issued Commissioner’s Bulletin # B-0032017 on September 21, 2017, which reminds insurers of certain underwriting laws and regulations applicable to personal automobile and residential property insurance that are particularly relevant in the aftermath of a major tropical weather system.
Read MoreOn September 15, 2017, the Texas Department of Insurance issued a public bulletin concerning possible insurance company reductions in business following Hurricane Harvey.
Read MoreHurricane Harvey was a Category 4 major hurricane that made landfall in southern Texas on August 25, 2017. Harvey is the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States with peak accumulations of 64.58 inches.
Read MoreOn September 21, 2017, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that Kent Sullivan will be the next Texas Insurance Commissioner. Sullivan previously served as First Assistant Attorney General when Abbott served as Texas Attorney General.
Read MoreSome estimates peg the number of cars flooded by Hurricane Harvey at more than a half million. So too, the number of flooded cars following Irma will be legion.
Read MoreOn Friday, September 7th, the Senate passed a bill increasing the disaster aid within the National Flood Insurance Program (the “NFIP”) to $15 billion.
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