Gustav, other storms challenge claims responders

Any major storm challenges insurers’ ability to respond to policyholders needs in the affected territory but the past two have required insurers to allocate resources to two major storms, Fay and Gustav. As the latter has scaled back to be a tropical rainstorm, three more tropical storms — Hanna, Ike and Josefine — threaten the need for further allocation of resources as peak Atlantic hurricane season continues.