Hurricane

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

Hurricane preparedness by The Texas Insurance Podcast – Go Health Pro

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Hurricane preparedness by The Texas Insurance Podcast – Go Health Pro

TDI experts answer Texans’ top auto insurance questions. What should auto insurance cost, and what’s the best kind to get? To answer a question about cost, you need to know what a policy covers first. TDI’s automotive insurance guide can help, and there’s a policy comparison tool at www.opic.texas.gov. It’s important to know what you … Read more

Berkshire Hathaway pegs hurricane Milton loss at $1.3bn-$1.5bn, Helene at $565m – Go Health Pro

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Berkshire Hathaway pegs hurricane Milton loss at .3bn-.5bn, Helene at 5m – Go Health Pro

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

Triple-I Blog | Hurricane Helene Highlights InlandFlood Protection Gap – Go Health Pro

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Triple-I Blog | Hurricane Helene Highlights InlandFlood Protection Gap – Go Health Pro

By Lewis Nibbelin, Contributing Writer, Triple-I Spanning over 500 miles of the southeastern United States, Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction has drawn public attention to inland flood risk and the need for improved resilience planning and insurance purchase (“take up”) to confront the protection gap. Extreme rainfall and wind inflicted a combination of catastrophic flooding, … Read more

To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba – Go Health Pro

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To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba – Go Health Pro

Satellites do not have the capability to directly measure wind speeds, so they make estimates based upon other observable variables, using instruments such as a scatterometer. Yes, that’s a real word. By these indirect estimates, Oscar had sustained winds between 48 mph and 63 mph (77 kph to 101 kph), which remains well below the … Read more

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