Hurricane Ian: Bearishness builds
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Hurricane Ian: Bearishness builds

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29 September 2022
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Pembroke Pines, FL, USA. 28th Sep, 2022. A general view of the aftermath as Small aircraft are seen flipped up side down after a reported tornado touches down at North Perry Airport as Hurricane Ian approaches on September 28, 2022 in Pembroke Pines Flori
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The industry’s collective sense of relief early yesterday as it became clear that Ian’s track was well south of Tampa Bay is increasingly looking overdone, as the late pick-up in wind speeds to almost Category 5 levels threatens to escalate losses.

Earlier yesterday sources were marking the likely quantum of the loss down, as they gave credit for the lower insured values south of Sarasota, and there was significant discussion of an event in a $20bn-$30bn range.

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