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Introducing the 2025 Knauss Fellowship Cohort from Florida Sea Grant – Go Health Pro

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Introducing the 2025 Knauss Fellowship Cohort from Florida Sea Grant – Go Health Pro

Natalia Uribe-CastañedaUniversity of Central FloridaExecutive Branch Natalia Uribe-Castañeda is a University of Florida Ph.D. graduate from Colombia, who recently obtained her Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Ecology, under advisor Dr. Martin Main in UF’s School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). Uribe-Castañeda’s dissertation, titled “Community Engagement in Coral Reef Restoration”, investigates strategies that organizations use to engage … Read more

Hurricane Milton the true test for Florida legislative property insurance reforms: Heritage CEO – Go Health Pro

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Hurricane Milton the true test for Florida legislative property insurance reforms: Heritage CEO – Go Health Pro

While lawsuits against insurers in Florida are said to have declined again across the first three quarters of 2024, the claims environment following hurricane Milton is expected to provide a “true test” for the legislative reforms that were enacted to reduce the litigious property insurance environment in the state.It’s the second year running that litigated … Read more

Triple-I Blog | Resilience Investments Paid Off in Florida During Hurricane Milton – Go Health Pro

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Triple-I Blog | Resilience Investments Paid Off in Florida During Hurricane Milton – Go Health Pro

By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Babcock Ranch – a small community in southwestern Florida dubbed “The Hometown of Tomorrow” – made headlines for sheltering thousands of evacuees and never losing power during Hurricane Milton, which devastated numerous neighboring cities and left more than three million people without power. Hunters Point, a subdivision on Florida’s … Read more

Florida state pension increased ILS allocations at mid-year, but more cautious on 1/1 – Go Health Pro

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Florida state pension increased ILS allocations at mid-year, but more cautious on 1/1 – Go Health Pro

The Florida Retirement System Pension Plan, which is administered by the Florida State Board of Administration, increased its allocations to natural catastrophe insurance-linked securities (ILS) in advance of the mid-year 2024 reinsurance renewals, but has adopted a more cautious stance for 1/1 as it assesses whether the hard market is declining.With some $198 billion in … Read more

Triple-I Blog | Florida InsurersCan Weather AnotherBig Storm This Season – Go Health Pro

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Triple-I Blog | Florida InsurersCan Weather AnotherBig Storm This Season – Go Health Pro

Despite warnings from two leading insurance rating agencies that Hurricane Milton weakened or threatened Florida’s recovering home insurance market, the market “can manage losses” from the Category 4 storm “and are ready to cover yet another hurricane,” if one should come this season, according to industry experts who spoke with the South Florida Sun Sentinel. … Read more

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