Earl Now Major Hurricane, Headed Toward East Coast

August 30, 2010

  • August 30, 2010 at 1:25 am
    Ritchie says:
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    For creating anxiety and stress for people on the East Coast. Exactly what good is this piece of information? Until and unless a warning is issued nobody cares. Even then, the best people can hope to do is evacuate and hope their insurance is sufficient. Too much money is wasted playing with hurricanes. When something definitive is know, issue the alert. Otherwise……..shut up. We don’t care about “what if’s” or “chances”.

  • August 30, 2010 at 1:34 am
    Relaxed says:
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    Easy Ritchie. I understand completely “the sky is falling” menatality and how useless it can be, however, some of us in the insurance industry like to know exactly what is happening out there and the more advanced notice we can get, the better. I’m not so sure it creates that much “anxiety” or “stress” in people at this stage as you seem to think.

  • August 30, 2010 at 1:36 am
    INS guy says:
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    Well if Earl does batter the East Coast, it might be the catalyst for the market to harden….finally!

  • August 30, 2010 at 1:39 am
    Squir says:
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    I agree with Relaxed… all the time spent “playing” with Hurricanes actually comes in quite handy in predicting what they’ll do… giving people time to take care of business and prevent loss

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:14 am
    Simone says:
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    Most carriers with any policy volume have a well-oiled catastrophe response plan and team in place. It doesn’t rely on “what if” scenarios. When it becomes a reality, the plan is implemented to respond. We all know that any insurance response is “after the fact”. The”CAT” coordinator monitors the NOAC websity and makes decisions without all the media hype.

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:21 am
    Earl says:
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    Those of us in the property insurance end of the business need to hear the developments & potential timeframes so that we can alert clients who are in the process of scheduling closings. It provides us the opportunity to advise them that if a moratorium is issued, we cannot issue binders or increase coverage until the moratorium is lifted. I did this just this morning for a client.

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:22 am
    David says:
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    Name an instance when a storm has been a direct cause of a hard market? Andrew? No. Katrina and all those other storms of that year? No. Storms do not cause a hard market.

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:31 am
    FLagent/insured says:
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    Oh but it will this year when all those small homeowners companies go bankrupt as soon as one hits. And I agree with Ritchie on this.

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:32 am
    Expert says:
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    Some element of truth i all previous comments, but — way too much pandering of events which may or may not occur, may or may not be of real concern, all evidentiary of the “too much information” syndrome we’re in. For the vast majority of these hurricane alerts, a day or two advance notice if sufficient, to the extent that one may do anything meaningful to avoid the consequences. If people and organizations are too stupid or inept to plan for these events in advance, to to think logically, so be it.

  • August 30, 2010 at 2:35 am
    D says:
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    Ok. But, there is no history to back up the thinking that storms will cause a hard market.



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