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Hurricane Katrina Resource Page
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KATRINA RESOURCES This page will be updated on virtually a daily basis. We also recommend that you subscribe below to the premiere daily insurance news ezine, Insurance Newscast for up to the minute information about Katrina and industry efforts. We also recommend visiting the Wikipedia resources below. As indicated near the bottom of this page, many of these general disaster resources come from our Incredible Links page. Special thanks to voluminous contributions of Katrina links by Cliff Treese of Association Information Services, Inc. in Honolulu. • Insurance Newscast Daily Email Insurance Ezine
http://www.insurancebroadcasting.com/insurancenewscast.htm • Wikipedia Katrina Resource
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina Katrina Information - Louisiana
• Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Louisiana
http://www.iial.com
• Louisiana Department of Insurance
http://www.ldi.la.gov/HurricaneKatrina.htm
http://katrina.louisiana.gov/
• Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
(formerly the Louisiana FAIR and Coastal Plan)
http://www.lacitizens.com/
• Louisiana Workers Compensation Corporation
http://www.lwcc.com/ (or call 1-504-924-7788)
• Louisiana Katrina Hotline (contributions/donations)
1-866-334-8305
• Louisiana Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov/ Katrina Information - Mississippi
• Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Mississippi
http://www.msagent.org
• Mississippi Department of Insurance
http://www.doi.state.ms.us/katrina/katrina.html
1-866-856-1982 (insurance questions)
• Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association
http://www.msplans.com/
• The Mississippi (Workers Compensation) Plan
Call 1-601-977-9456
• Mississippi Katrina Hotline (contributions/donations)
1-866-230-8903
• Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
http://www.msema.org/index.htm Katrina Information - Alabama
• Alabama Independent Agents Association
http://www.aiia.org/
• Alabama Department of Insurance
http://www.aldoi.gov/
• Alabama Insurance Underwriting Association
http://www.alabamabeachpool.org/
• NCCI (Workers Compensation) Residual Market
Call 1-800-NCCI-123
• Alabama Katrina Hotline (contributions/donations)
1-877-273-5018
• Alabama Emergency Preparedness
http://www.state.al.us/statenews.php Katrina Information - Florida
• Florida Association of Insurance Agents
http://www.faia.com
• Florida Department of Insurance
http://www.fldfs.com/companies/
1-866-856-1982 (insurance questions)
• Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
http://www.citizensfla.com/
• Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association
http://www.fwcjua.com/
• Florida Emergency Management Agency
http://www.floridadisaster.org/ Katrina General Information
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
• http://hnn.us/articles/15043.html
• http://www.brookings.edu/
• http://www.brookings.edu/metro/katrina.htm
• http://www.benfieldgroup.com/research/reports/natural+hazards/
katrina_viewpoint_09+15+05.pdf
• http://www.uscongress.com/ Katrina Loss Estimates & Mitigation
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina
• http://www.rms.com/
• http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/66xx/doc6627/Katrina-FristLtr.pdf
• http://www.nbnnews.com/NBN/issues/2005-09-05/Front+Page/index.html
• http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2005/2005-09-07-04.asp
• http://mceer.buffalo.edu/research/Reconnaissance/Katrina8-28-05/Default.asp
• http://www.floods.org/PDF/ASFPM_HurricaneKatrina_WhitePaper_090905.pdf Katrina Health & Safety Issues
• http://www.katrinahealth.org/
• http://www.safetyissues.org/katrina/
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/hcp.asp
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/workers.asp
• http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5435a5.htm
• http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/hurricaneRecovery.html
• http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html
• http://www.apha.org/preparedness/Katrina_relief1.htm
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
• http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html
• http://www-apps.niehs.nih.gov/katrina/ Katrina Flood & Mold Clean-Up
• http://www.epa.gov/mold/
• http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/flood.html
• http://www.fema.gov/hazards/floods/whatshouldidoafter.shtm
• http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,1082,0_570_,00.html
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/mold/protect.asp
• http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
• http://www.ncsu.edu/ehs/www99/right/handsMan/air_qual/mold_remediation.htm
• http://www.buildingscience.com/resources/mold/mold_remediation.pdf
• http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/beh/iaq/Mold_Rem3.htm
• http://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib101003.html Satellite/Aerial/Other Imagery of Hurricane Katrina Damage
• http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2495.htm
• http://alt.ngs.noaa.gov/katrina/
• http://www.gismaps.fema.gov/2005pages/katrina.shtm
• http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html
• http://www.globexplorer.com/disasterimages/index.shtml
• http://earth.google.com/katrina.html
• http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2495.htm
• http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=n7vl128.10k36pe4&Uy=-lsttlk Katrina Jobs, Housing & Business Space
• http://www.katrinajobs.com/
• http://www.hurricanehousing.org
• http://www.cityplextowers.com (business space, email dortenburger@cityplextowers.com) New Orleans Predictions
• http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&
articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000&pageNumber=1&catID=2
• http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/nov04/nov04c.html
• http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/index.html Top IIABA and INDUSTRY RESOURCES• IOT Agency Disaster Guide
http://www.iiaba.net/VU/Docs/PDF/Miscellaneous/DisasterPlan2005InsurorsOfTennessee.pdf • Free Disaster Management Software
http://www.sahana.lk/ • Disaster Recovery Journal Sample Plans and Outlines
http://www.drj.com/new2dr/samples.htm • WYO Company Bulletins
http://bsa.nfipstat.com/wyobull/wyobull.htm • NAIC Emergency Insurance Information
http://www.naic.org/pressroom/releases/rel05/Gulf_help.pdf • FDIC Financial Institution Status
http://www.fdic.gov/news/katrina/index.html Top U.S. GOVERNMENT RESOURCES• GAO Preliminary Katrina Reports
• http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d051053t.pdf
• http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/featured/dprr.html • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Ready Business Web Site
http://www.ready.gov/business/• FEMA Business Interruption Claim Filing Handbook
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/cerrogrande/handbook022801.pdf • NFIP Flood Claims Information
http://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pages/agentsonly/assisting_customers.jsp;
jsessionid=2928DD8A73605941971C1501F9E4E54B • NFIP Flood Statistics
http://www.fema.gov/nfip/pcstat.shtm • NFIP Watermark Publication
http://www.fema.gov/nfip/wm.shtm • NFIP Online Flood Tutorial
This tutorial will help agents effectively market, sell, and service flood insurance policies.
http://training.nfipstat.com/portal2/default.asp • FirstGov's How to Replace Damaged or Destroyed Documents
http://www.firstgov.gov/Citizen/Topics/PublicSafety/Hurricane_Katrina_Recovery/Vital_Docs.shtml Top MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES• American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness Information
http://www.prepare.org/• Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response
http://www.nyu.edu/ccpr• Valuation Resources
http://www.valuationresources.com/ • Coastal Values at Risk
http://www.air-worldwide.com/_public/NewsData/000797/The_Coastline_at_Risk.pdf Top OTHER HURRICANE, TORNADO & FLOODING RESOURCES• Flood Insurance Servicing Companies Association
http://www.fiscaa.org/• Disaster Handbooks
• http://www.mofo.com/about/Katrina.pdf
• http://www.mofo.com/about/helpinghandbooks.html • USGS Hurricane Impact Studies
http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ • NASA Hurricane Web Page
http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/hurricane_2005.html • Science Magazine Coastal Disaster Resources
http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/katrina/ • Increased Weather Claims & Insurance
http://www.ceres.org/pub/publication.php?pid=74 Top EARTHQUAKE RESOURCES• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
http://www.eeri.org/Top Incredible Links! Note: Most of the above links were drawn from the VU "Incredible Links" page. These listings of hundreds of external internet resources are available only to IIABA members and paid VU subscribers and include the following topics: Commercial Lines
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