Michael Will Cost Insurers Billions, But Won't Overwhelm Industry, Analysts Say
The storm's costs to insurers will be substantial, Fitch Ratings says, but companies should be able to absorb the losses. Still, communities will be coping with the financial fallout for a long time.
by Camila Domonoske
Oct 14, 2018
3 minutes
Analysts are estimating that Hurricane Michael has caused billions of dollars of damage and will create a substantial loss for insurers, but the industry is expected to cope — once again avoiding the kind of meltdown that Florida saw in the 1990s, after Hurricane Andrew.
It's still too early for a full accounting of the financial fallout. And insurance adjusters — like — have grappled with blocked roads and downed communication systems as they try to
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