Hurricane Insurance Recovery Resource Center

Checklists:

Pre-Storm Checklists 

• Hurricane Preparedness: Is Your Insurance Program Ready for The Storm?
• The Steps to Preserve Rights Under Insurance Policies
• The Arrival of Hurricane – and College Football – Season Underscores the Importance of Having Event-Cancellation Insurance in Place
• Harvey Reminds South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Irma

 
Post-Storm Checklists and Deadlines to be Aware Of

• The First Seven Days: Resources For Policyholders In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Harvey
• The First 60 Days Post-Irma are Critical to Your Insurance Recovery
• Clock Ticks for Irma Insurance Claims: Don’t Leave Money on the Table
• After Irma: Is Your Business Entitled to Insurance Coverage for Additional Lost Profits?
• Securing Coverage for Harvey, Irma, Maria and Other Weather-Related Losses
• Checklists for Property Damage and Business Interruption Claims

 
The Claims Process and Coverage Issues

• Florida Court Holds Commercial Property Insurance Policy Covers Costs to Comply with Building Code Post-Hurricane
• Multiple Hurricanes, Multiple Insurance Claims

Alerts

• We’ve Got Our Eye on You: Helping to Ensure That Your Business Is Prepared to Weather the 2023 Hurricane Season, June 7, 2023
• Causation Issues to Consider as You Prepare Your Hurricane Ian Insurance Claim, October 31, 2022
• Hurricane Warning: Florida and Southeastern US Companies — It is Time to Activate Your Hurricane Preparedness Plan and Review Key Insurance Deadlines, September 27, 2022
• Before and After the Storm: Know Your Insurance Rights, Coverages and Obligations, September 2, 2021
• Before the Hurricane Warning, Ensure Your Insurance Program is Ready to Weather the Storm, July 29, 2020
• Plan, Prepare, Prevent: How to Smoothly Navigate This Year’s Anticipated Active Hurricane Season (Part 3), October 2, 2019
• Dorian’s Wrath: How Event Cancellation Insurance Helps Businesses Recoup Losses from Severe Weather, September 16, 2019
• Plan, Prepare, Prevent: How to Smoothly Navigate this Year’s Anticipated Active Hurricane Season (Part 2), August 8, 2019
• Plan, Prepare, Prevent: How to Smoothly Navigate This Year’s Anticipated Active Hurricane Season, July 11, 2019
• Hurricane Preparedness: Is Your Insurance Program Ready for The Storm?, September 10, 2018
• Hurricane Irma: Insurance May Help Weather the Storm, September 12, 2017
• Preparing for Hurricane Harvey: Insurance May Help Weather the Storm, August 25, 2017
  (Mike Levine, Andi DeField)

Events

• Maximizing Insurance Recovery for Hurricane Losses, November 1, 2022
• It's Hurricane Season: How to Navigate Your Insurance Claim, Lawline CLE Webinar , September 21, 2021
• Windstorm Deductibles, Sublimits, and Exclusions: Oh My! – A Guide to Ensuring You Have Sufficient Coverage in Place Prior to Hurricane Season, May 20, 2021
• Hurricanes: Insurance Recovery and Claims Presentation, May 7, 2019
• Seminar: Improving Hurricane Preparedness, September 24, 2018
• Webinar: Securing Coverage for Harvey, Irma, Maria and Other Weather-Related Losses, October 3, 2017
• GMBHA Presents Weathering Hurricane Irma Losses: A Guide to Insurance Recovery & Claim Preparation for Irma Insurance Claims, September 26-27, 2017

Blog Posts

• Record-Breaking Temperatures, Record-Breaking Claims: The Importance of Risk Mitigation to Reduce Severe Weather Costs, August 28, 2023
• Fine Art in Not-So-Fine Weather, August 1, 2023
• Lost in the Wind: Missing Endorsement Yields Policy Ambiguity, June 30, 2023
• Not Our Territory: 11th Circuit Dismisses Hurricane Damage Appraisal Order for Lack of Jurisdiction, June 13, 2023
• Two Years, Too Late: Time-Barred Hurricane Loss is Timely Reminder to Insureds, October 8, 2021
• Before and After the Storm: Know Your Insurance Rights, Coverages and Obligations, September 7, 2021
• New Jersey Supreme Court Hears Insurers’ Bid to Overturn a $400M Decision, January 7, 2021
• As Laura Wreaks Havoc Along The Gulf, Is Your Insurance Ready to Respond?, August 26, 2020
• Can Policyholders Make A Claim Directly Against The Reinsurer Of Their Insolvent Insurance Company?, June 26, 2019
• Second Circuit Finds Potential Ambiguity in Competing “Anti-Concurrent Cause” Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Property Loss, October 29, 2018
• Unpaid Hurricane Maria Insurance Claims, New Laws in Puerto Rico, and the Lesson for all Policyholders, December 19, 2018
• Uncertainty About Hurricane Florence’s Impact Zone Has Caused Widespread Event Cancellations. Insurance May Cover The Financial Loss, September 12, 2018
• As Florence Eyes East Coast, Are You Looking At Your Insurance? September 11, 2018
• Florida Court Holds Commercial Property Insurance Policy Covers Costs to Comply with Building Code Post-Hurricane, January 4, 2018

• Hunton Insurance Recovery Team Head Discusses Hurricane Losses, September 18, 2017

• Florida Office Of Insurance Regulation Enters Emergency Order Regarding Hurricane Irma Claims, September 18, 2017

• Hunton Insurance Team Explains Why The First 60 Days Post-Irma Are Critical To Your Insurance Recovery, September 15, 2017
• Hunton Insurance Team Explains How Hurricanes Highlight the Need for Contingent Business Interruption Insurance, September 14, 2017
• Update: College Football Games Cancelled Due to Hurricanes Re-Emphasize Importance of Event-Cancellation Insurance, September 12, 2017
• Hunton Insurance Lawyers Remind South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Hurricane Irma, September 6, 2017
• The First Seven Days: Resources For Policyholders In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Harvey, September 1, 2017
• Hurricane Harvey Threatens Huge Losses, But Insurance Can Help Weather the Storm, August 28, 2017
• Preparing For Hurricane Harvey: Insurance May Help Weather The Storm, August 27, 2017

Publications

• Hurricane Claims: Key Tips to Minimize Losses and Maximize Recovery, Risk Management, August 1, 2022
• Key Insurance Consideration in a Record Hurricane Season, Risk Management, September 25, 2020
• Hurricane insurance claims: key causation and coverage issues, WestLaw Insurance, September 22, 2020
• Do You Have a Claim if Your Business Was Interrupted Due to a Hurricane?, Daily Business Review , May 16, 2019
  (Walter Andrews, Cary Steklof)
• Clock Ticks for Irma Insurance Claims: Don’t Leave Money on the Table, Daily Business Review, August 14, 2018
  (Walter Andrews, Cary Steklof)
• Navigating Insurance Claims for Business Interruption after Hurricane Irma: Key Considerations to Avoid Leaving Money on the Table, May 2018
  (Walter Andrews, Cary Steklof)
• After Irma: Is Your Business entitled to Insurance Coverage for Additional Lost Profits?, Daily Business Review, December 22, 2017
  (Walter Andrews, Katherine Miller)
• Multiple Hurricanes, Multiple Insurance Claims, Houston Chronicle, September 15, 2017
  (Walter Andrews)
• Hurricanes Highlight Need for Contingent Business Interruption Insurance, Risk Management Magazine, September 14, 2017 
  (Michael Levine, Syed Ahmad, Katherine Miller)  
• The First 60 Days Post-Irma are Critical to Your Insurance Recovery, Daily Business Review, September 12, 2017
  (Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField)
• As Hurricane Irma Bears Down, South Florida Battens Down, Daily Business Review, September 8, 2017
  (Andrea DeField quoted)
• Harvey Reminds South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Irma, Daily Business Review, September 6, 2017
  (Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField)
• Harvey Reminds South Florida to Review Insurance Coverage Before Irma, American Lawyer, September 6, 2017
  (Walter Andrews, Andrea DeField)
• Hurricane Harvey Threatens Huge Losses, but Insurance Can Help Weather the Storm, Texas Lawbook, August 25, 2017
  (Michael Levine, John Eichman)