The tornado either destroyed or damaged about 7,500 Joplin homes and displaced more than 9,000 Joplin residents. “I felt for the claims adjusters because they would go out to see a home and the devastation was so bad, they didn’t know where they were at because there were no houses left to even see an address,” Steve Haskins, an American Family Insurance agent in Joplin, Mo., told the Triple-I, describing how insurance companies served the community after a tornado with 200-plus miles per hour winds left complete devastation in its wake. “And those who survived had to recover emotionally and financially from an unimaginable natural disaster. Yet the insurance industry responded quickly after the day’s tragic events and fulfilled its traditional role as an economic first responder.” “The staggering loss of life which occurred in Joplin, Missouri a decade ago remains a vivid memory to this day,” said Sean Kevelighan, CEO, Triple-I. The city has a daytime population of approximately 240,000 and serves as the central hub of the “four states” region of Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The city is situated in southwestern Missouri and home to about 50,000 residents. The EF-5 tornado killed 161 people and injured more than 1,000 others on Sunday, May 22, 2011. history, the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) released a video chronicling the tragedy and Joplin’s remarkable comeback.
Michael Barry, 91, CITY, Mo., Days before the 10th anniversary of the Joplin, Mo., tornado, one of the deadliest in U.S.
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