October 6, 2017      4:49 PM
Insurance industry learning key lessons from Hurricane Harvey
Property casualty insurers rely on research to point out ways to mitigate damage from future storms
On Aug. 17, Mark
Hanna of the Insurance Council of Texas was in the middle of preparations
for what he does every August — traveling the length of Texas’ Gulf Coast to
get the word out in visits with local media organizations on how coastal
residents should prepare themselves for hurricane season.
On this day, however, Hanna noticed something interesting
in a NOAA
weather satellite image of the tropics. He grabbed a screenshot and posted it to
Twitter with the following message:
“On the eve of our Hurricane Tour, we might want to keep
an eye out for what may become Hurricane Harvey.”
By John Reynolds
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