Big Bend Idalia landfall would be a retention event for Florida insurers
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Big Bend Idalia landfall would be a retention event for Florida insurers

Farhin Lilywala, 
Kyoung-son Song, Fiona Robertson, Adam McNestrie
29 August 2023
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If Idalia continues to veer towards the Big Bend region of Florida, (re)insurers are generally expecting the storm to represent a retention-level event for domestic insurers in the Sunshine State, although ahead of landfall there is a high degree of uncertainty around the outcome.

A landfall strike within this sparsely populated region could drive a single-digit billion loss, potentially either side of the $5bn mark, sources said.

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