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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

Hurricane wind speeds forecast across entire Florida Peninsula as Milton approaches – Go Health Pro

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Hurricane wind speeds forecast across entire Florida Peninsula as Milton approaches – Go Health Pro

Major hurricane Milton continues to bear down on Florida and in recent updates from the National Hurricane Centre warning areas for the Florida Peninsula have been expanded, with an expectation the storm could sustain hurricane wind speeds all the way as it crosses the state from west to east.The latest National Hurricane Centre (NHC) update … Read more

Oh, the Places We Go: The Journey of Gray Snapper Larvae on the West Florida Shelf – Go Health Pro

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Oh, the Places We Go: The Journey of Gray Snapper Larvae on the West Florida Shelf – Go Health Pro

Eric Bovee is an MS student in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences at the University of Florida. Eric was awarded the Florida Sea Grant Guy Harvey Fellowship in 2024. Bovee holding a Striped Bass Morone saxatilis while onboard the R/V Henry Bigelow. Photo by Eric Bovee. We all have our inner current … Read more

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