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Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Chief Operating Officer Anne Bert provided an update to key legislative committees this week relating to the FHCF’s expected reimbursement obligations arising from Hurricane Irma. Ms. Bert stated that current projections suggest the FHCF’s ultimate losses from Irma will be between $3 billion and $5 billion. This amount is well-within the […]
The State Board of Administration has announced the estimated borrowing capacity, estimated claims-paying capacity, and projected balance of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund as of December 31, 2017. These estimates relate to the FHCF’s expected ability to pay reimbursements to insurers from losses occurring in the 2017-2018 Reimbursement Contract Year. The FHCF’s total estimated claims-paying capacity […]
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) has scheduled a rule development workshop for January 5 to discuss potential revisions to rule 19-8.029 relating to insurer reporting and 19-8.030 governing insurer responsibilities. These are longstanding rules that govern topics such as insurers’ reporting of exposures and losses to the FHCF. The FHCF reviews and updates these […]
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) continues to project that it can fully meet its $17.0 billion in potential reimbursement obligations from one or more hurricanes arising in a single season. Recent projections suggest the FHCF could issue $7.6 billion in bonds over a 12-month period following an event. This exceeds the amount that would […]
An administrative law judge has ruled that a Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) data call request for insurers’ street address data by policy is invalid because the request exceeds the FHCF’s deleted legislative authority. Insurers submit data call responses to the FHCF each year containing details about the residential insurance policies they write. Historically, the […]
As with other aspects of the Florida residential property insurance market, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) continues to benefit from the recent run of hurricane-free years. Not only does the FHCF anticipate that it can fully meet is statutory limit of $17 billion in single-season capacity, most of the the FHCF’s current single-season capacity […]
Property insurance issues have dominated the legislative session in nearly every year since Hurricane Andrew. If property insurance was not the most prevalent issue in a given session, it certainly ranked in the top five topics being considered. Over the last twenty years, the legislature has established the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, merged the former […]
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is seeking authorization from the Trustees of the State Board of Administration to explore, negotiate and enter into a combination of risk transfer products and/or pre-event notes totaling up to $2.2 billion. The Trustees of the State Board of Administration are the Governor, Chief Financial Officer and Attorney General. The issue […]
As 2014 comes to a close, several of the issues that commanded considerable attention during the year reached their resolution and set the framework for 2015 ahead. When we all return from the holidays, the legislative committee weeks will be upon us and the 2015 legislative session will begin before we know it. However, before […]
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) recently announced that it anticipates being able to fully fund its $17 billion in initial season obligations and being able to support a large portion of a subsequent season’s obligations. Under its most recent projections, the FHCF would fall about $5 billion short of providing another $17 billion in […]
