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LESSONS FROM HURRICANE SANDY - IMUA

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Lessons from Sandy:<br />

Hurricane Deductibles<br />

• For two consecutive years, borderline-hurricane events have made<br />

landfall in the northeast, but hurricane deductibles haven’t been allowed to<br />

be applied.<br />

• This means that the modeling assumption of using a hurricane<br />

deductible for weak Cat 1 hurricanes or transitioning storms may be<br />

incorrect.<br />

• This practice artificially reduces the loss costs for portfolios because<br />

the fire deductible isn’t used in the modeling.<br />

• Currently, some models typically only accept one deductible type per peril.<br />

• Do we ask for wind and fire deductibles in data submissions<br />

• For which storms in the event set should the fire deductible be used<br />

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