Having increased its estimate for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) losses from hurricane Helene, we’re told that FEMA has gone ahead with the partial repayment of principal and also extended the maturity dates for two of its FloodSmart Re catastrophe bond tranches.The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had put an initial estimate for NFIP … Read more
Artemis has learned that FEMA has increased its estimate for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) losses from hurricane Helene, raising the figure to $6.75 billion and as a result two FloodSmart Re catastrophe bond tranches have had their maturity dates extended, with partial repayments of principal to be made.The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) … Read more
The insurance and reinsurance businesses of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway suffered from hurricane losses in the third-quarter with Helene and are expecting up to $1.5 billion of additional losses from hurricane Milton in the fourth-quarter.Reporting its third-quarter 2024 results today, Berkshire Hathaway revealed a steep decrease in insurance underwriting income to $750 million for the … Read more
According to the administrators of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF), losses to the fund that provides a reinsurance-like reimbursement for a portion of residential property insurers’ hurricane losses from recent hurricanes Helene and Milton are expected to fall between $1.6 billion and as much as $6.2 billion.Paragon Strategic Solutions, the FHCF’s consulting actuary, puts … Read more
According to Aon’s Reinsurance Solutions division, combined industry losses from hurricanes Helene and Milton are expected to fall within a range of $34 billion to $50 billion, at which level insurance and reinsurance sector capital is well-positioned to absorb them and the events underscored the value of integrating innovative solutions such as parametrics.“The short-term prospect … Read more
