Approximately 70% of outstanding cat bonds are tied to U.S. hurricanes, according to Bill Dubinsky, who leads the insurance-linked securities practice at Willis Towers Watson Plc.
More than one million Florida homes and businesses were without power on Friday after Hurricane Matthew lashed the coast with high winds and heavy rain.
A strengthening Hurricane Matthew is on course to batter the Florida, Georgia and South Carolina coasts, where it could cause $15 billion in U.S. losses.
Hurricane Matthew is increasingly likely to have significant impacts along the Southeast U.S. coast later this week, but its future effects along the Northeast seaboard remain uncertain.
As part of National Small Business Week, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety offers eight recommendations to help insurance agency owners get started on severe weather preparedness.