The Oakland Tribune had a story today on Eqecat, featuring a picture and interview with David F. Smith, the husband of a friend of mine from Biloxi. David has become quite familiar with Biloxi, so I’m sure he is well suited to help Eqecat develop their estimates of the total insured losses from Katrina. Eqecat is currently estimating $9 bilion to $16 billion in insured losses, not including the offshore oil and natural gas rigs.