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Insurance industry losses from major hurricane Milton’s eventual impacts in Florida could amount to tens of billions of dollars, but there is high uncertainty still as the eventual landfall location and intensity will greatly influence the eventual cost for the industry, according to Andrew Siffert, Senior Meteorologist at BMS Group.

Hurricane Milton is now a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 155 mph at the latest NHC update. With the central pressure now estimated at 933 mb and a track that will see Milton getting very close to the northern Yucatan peninsula, it has brought the Class C notes of the IBRD CAR Mexico […]

If now major hurricane Milton results in “material” losses for reinsurance capital providers, analysts at KBW have said that this could change the expected trajectory of property catastrophe reinsurance pricing at renewals in 2025.

We understand from sources that, as early as yesterday, some catastrophe bond and insurance-linked securities (ILS) investment fund managers began exploring their options to free up cash from their portfolios in order to be ready for any potential losses, or to take advantage of market opportunities that emerge, due to now major hurricane Milton.

Hurricane Milton has strengthened into a 100 mph storm and is expected to become a major hurricane later today. The NHC has now begun including storm surge height indications in its updates on Milton and from-the-off they call for between 8 and 12 feet of storm surge to impact Tampa Bay.

As hurricane Milton heads towards Florida, the developing storm situation poses the biggest potential threat to the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market since hurricane Ian in 2022, according to Florian Steiger, the CEO of catastrophe bond investment manager Icosa Investments AG.

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The Gulf Coast of Florida is facing another hurricane landfall, as tropical storm Milton formed this weekend and has already become a hurricane, with additional rapid intensification forecast and a major hurricane Milton landfall possible that many say has the potential to cause meaningful insurance and reinsurance market losses.

Investment manager Amundi US has continued to attract capital to its most recently launched dedicated insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund strategy, as the Pioneer CAT Bond Fund has now reached $426 million in assets, now roughly tripling in size over the course of 2024 so far.

Australian sovereign wealth investment fund, the Future Fund, saw its allocation to insurance-linked securities (ILS) fall again at the mid-point of this year, with the investments it has with specialist ILS fund managers declining to the equivalent of US $1.49 billion.