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		<title>Puerto Rico Power Outage Leaves Almost Entire Island in Dark</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/12/31/806546.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power Tuesday after a widespread failure in the fragile electricity grid triggered an island-wide blackout. The outage began at 5:30 a.m., leaving about 1.3 million of Puerto Rico&#8217;s 1.4 million customers in the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Ernesto Threatens Bermuda, Leaves Puerto Rico in Dark</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Ernesto took aim at Bermuda as almost half of Puerto Rico remained without power in the storm&#8217;s wake, the island&#8217;s fragile electric grid battered by high winds. Officials declared a hurricane watch for Bermuda, saying Ernesto could strike the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tropical Storm Ernesto Drenches Puerto Rico on Path Northward</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2024/08/14/788343.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Ernesto pounded Puerto Rico with torrential rain and winds as it brushed by the island on a track that&#8217;s likely to see it become a hurricane later Wednesday. Ernesto was about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north-northwest of San &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Automated Weather Insurance Could Offer Help in an Increasingly Hot World</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2023/07/11/729423.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Carlos José Báez experienced the full brunt of Hurricane Maria when it made landfall in Puerto Rico as a catastrophic storm in 2017. The auto paint shop owner, who lives in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, saw his home badly damaged &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Some 349,000 Still Without Power in Puerto Rico After Fiona</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/09/28/687141.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[An estimated 349,000 homes and businesses were still without power in Puerto Rico on Wednesday after Hurricane Fiona hit on Sept. 18, causing an island-wide power outage for its 3.3 million people. After hitting Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Week After Fiona, Just Over Half of Puerto Rico Has Power</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/09/26/686744.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A week after Hurricane Fiona swiped Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic flooding and knocking out power to the entire island of 3.1 million, just over half of the US commonwealth has electricity, officials said. As of Sunday, power had been restored &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Puerto Rico Begins Restoring Power After Storm Snuffs Grid</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/09/19/685467.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2022 13:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Power is slowly being restored to parts of Puerto Rico Sunday after Atlantic storm Fiona clipped the island as a Category 1 hurricane, knocking out electricity to the entire US territory and causing &#8220;catastrophic damage,&#8221; Governor Pedro Pierluisi said. Packing &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Update: Hurricane Dorian Goes Easy on Puerto Rico, Gathers Force Heading for Florida</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/08/29/538241.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Dorian is gathering force as it aims to become the first major hurricane to slam into the Florida&#8217;s east coast in 15 years, with winds of at least 115 miles per hour and drenching rains. The hurricane&#8217;s center was located &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>FEMA Chief Long to Leave Agency</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/02/13/517744.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long is leaving the agency he led through a record period of natural disasters &#8212; including a widely panned response to a storm that devastated Puerto Rico. &#8220;While this has been the opportunity of &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beryl, Season&#8217;s First Hurricane, Weakens; Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico Face Uncertainty</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/07/08/494366.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:29:02 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Beryl moved rapidly westward early Sunday, heading for the Lesser Antilles at the eastern entrance of the Caribbean Sea. Although what had been the Atlantic season&#8217;s first hurricane was losing power, residents on islands hit hard by storms &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Aspen Insurance Acquires Puerto Rico Marine MGA, Blue Waters Insurers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2016/11/01/431055.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 15:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings, announced it has acquired Blue Waters Insurers Corp. Blue Waters, which is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a specialist marine managing general agency. The company was founded in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hub International Expands in Caribbean with Puerto Rico Broker Buy</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/09/26/264377.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Chicago-based Hub International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Carrión, Laffitte &#38; Casellas, Inc. (CLC), a full service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The announcement said the &#8220;acquisition represents the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Upgrades QBE Optima&#8217;s Ratings to &#8216;A-&#8216;; Outlook Stable</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/08/16/259613.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to &#8216;A-&#8216; (Excellent) from &#8216;B++&#8217; (Good) and issuer credit rating to &#8220;a-&#8221; from &#8220;bbb&#8221; of QBE Optima Insurance Company, which is based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was formerly known &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Affirms MAPFRE PRAICO FSR Ratings; Downgrades ICR; Outlook Negative</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/06/07/250416.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[As Best announced in conjunction with these current rating actions, they follow a series of actions taken last December to address the implications for euro zone insurers. Generally it changed the outlook on the ratings, including MAPFRE PRAICO, to negative &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>QBE to Acquire Puerto Rico-based Optima Insurance Group</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/12/22/228511.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The QBE Insurance Group announced that it has agreed to acquire Optima Insurance Group, an underwriting group in Puerto Rico that posted an estimated $100 million in gross written premium in 2011. QBE said the &#8220;transaction includes Colonial Insurance Agency, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Places MAPFRE PRAICO Group&#8217;s Ratings on Review/Negative</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/12/19/227937.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of &#8216;A&#8217; (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of &#8220;a+&#8221; of MAPFRE PRAICO Group (MPG) and its members, which include MAPFRE PRAICO Insurance Company (PRAICO), its wholly &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Irene Seen Skirting Florida, Possibly Landing in Carolinas</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2011/08/23/211936.htm</link>
		
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					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene was expected to strengthen over the next few days and could hit the southeastern United States as a large and powerful storm late in the week, forecasters said Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center&#8217;s forecast indicated Irene, now &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Irene Soaks Puerto Rico, Could Hit Florida By Week&#8217;s End</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2011/08/22/211849.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Irene buffeted Puerto Rico with winds and torrential rain Monday, knocking out power and downing trees as it churned westward on a track that will threaten Florida by the end of the week. Local media in the U.S. Caribbean &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Irene &#8211; 1st of the Season &#8211; Could Hit Miami</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/08/22/211757.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Irene strengthened into a hurricane as it came ashore over Puerto Rico, reaching category 1, according to the most recent bulletin, released at 5:00 AM AST, from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The center of Hurricane Irene &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tropical Storm Emily Heading for Puerto Rico, Hispaniola</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2011/08/03/209195.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Emily was expected to bring heavy rain Tuesday to Puerto Rico after crossing the northeast Caribbean Sea on a track that would take it near Haiti within 24 hours. The storm was expected to bring up to 4 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Best Affirms Assurant and Subsidiaries Ratings; Outlook Stable</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/11/22/115076.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the property/casualty and life/health insurance subsidiaries of Assurant, Inc. Best also affirmed the ICR of &#8220;bbb&#8221; and debt ratings of Assurant. The outlook for &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ratings: Global Indemnity/Wind River Re, Connaught, Tugu Triple-S Propiedad, Arab Re</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/11/12/114855.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Europe &#8211; Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of &#8216;B+&#8217; (Good) and the issuer credit ration of &#8220;bbb-&#8221; of Guernsey-based Connaught Insurance Company Limited, the captive insurance company of Thomas Greg &#38; Sons Limited &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>300 Homes to Be Repaired in Settlement With Chinese Drywall Firm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2010/11/01/160360.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall. The agreement reached with Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT) in Chinese Drywall multidistrict &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>300 Homes to Be Repaired in Settlement With Chinese Drywall Firm</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-features/2010/11/01/160373.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Chinese drywall manufacturer has agreed to participate in the remediation of up to 300 homes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida that were contaminated by faulty drywall. The agreement reached with Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin (KPT) in Chinese Drywall multidistrict &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alterra Capital Rebrands U.S. Carriers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/10/18/114091.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Alterra Capital Holdings Limited has renamed Max Specialty Insurance Co. as Alterra Excess &#38; Surplus Insurance Co. This is part of an overall rebranding of Alterra following the May 2010 merger of Max Capital and Harbor Point to form Alterra. &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ironshore to Offer Monoline Network Security, Privacy Liability Coverage</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/10/13/113994.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[IronPro, the professional liability division of Ironshore Inc. has introduced Enterprise PrivaProtector 9.0 to assist businesses in managing their network security and privacy risks. In 2010, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 533 privacy breaches involving over 13 million personal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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				<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Highway Deaths Lowest Since 1950 Highway deaths fell to 33,808 in the United States for the year 2009, the lowest number since 1950. The decline in traffic fatalities occurred even while estimated vehicle miles traveled in 2009 increased by 0.2 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Igor Weakened But Still Strong</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/09/15/113239.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Igor has weakened a little, but still remains a large and powerful hurricane, the National Hurricane Center reported this morning. The hurricane was about 1,000 miles southeast of Bermuda. It was moving at about 10 mph and has sustained &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricanes Igor, Julia Spin in Atlantic</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2010/09/14/113223.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Tropical Storm Julia grew in the far eastern Atlantic into the fifth hurricane of the storm season, while Hurricane Igor weakened slightly but remained a dangerous Category 4 storm, forecasters said on Tuesday. Neither hurricane posed an immediate threat to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AAIS Revises Watercraft Coverage Programs, Offers 2-for-1</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/09/13/113170.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Property/casualty insurers now have access to two standardized watercraft coverage programs for the cost of one. The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has released revised forms and new manual rules and loss cost rating information for insuring privately owned &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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