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"The main climate factors expected to influence the 2023 Atlantic hurricane activity are the ongoing El Nino and the warm phase of the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation, including record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures," said NOAA's Matthew Rosencrans.

Officials are assessing the damage wrought by the worst floods to hit the state since Hurricane Irene. Since then, the state has spent millions to climate-proof infrastructure.

The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association is getting ready to head back to the market next week with a variable-rate bond deal after successfully selling fixed-rate bonds last week to help fund claims from insolvent insurance companies.

The Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, which handles the claims of insolvent insurers, plans to borrow $600 million in the municipal bond market.

Digital Insurance research finds an industry preparing for economic headwinds, but focused on the customer.

The two main insurers, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. and Build America Mutual, accounted for $17.132 billion of deals in the first two quarters compared to $18.794 billion a year earlier.

As 2022 gets under way, insurers have opportunities to boost their visibility beyond simply increasing their marketing spending.

Celent finds the two most important corporate goals impacting 2021 tech plans are growth and process optimization.

The trend toward accelerating digital interaction development is happening, but it's not coming with a lift in financial resources.

Remote processing and customer service investments are up, according to new research from Celent.

Many insurers report no changes to their plans, with some reshaping and a few accelerating, but very few pausing or retrenching.

Early research from Celent quantifies initial reactions

While U.S. tech spending this year is less than the growth in 2017 and 2018, it is still relatively strong. But there are more downside risks than upside potential ahead.

Tech execs have become less certain of their ability to satisfy end users.