Under the proposal, the bonds for hurricane coverage would be backed by the government.

Much like the auto bailouts and hurricane coverage, people must pay the cost of their decisions.

And large companies have called for a way to transfer hurricane risk to the state by taking hurricane coverage out of homeowners' policies.

Her duties at CBS also included hurricane coverage.

In Florida and some other coastal states, insurers have persuaded regulators to let them drop hurricane coverage from their home insurance policies and sell it separately.

Landfall is the central event of hurricane coverage, Mr. Sutherland said.

He will continue to provide the station with special weather projects and hurricane coverage.

The insurance companies say the cost of hurricane coverage was intended to pay for extraordinary expenses resulting from hurricane winds and rain.

"Well, we're definitely into hurricane coverage, so it's relevant."

WPTF has historically provided hurricane coverage to residents of the Carolinas.