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Product Management Bulletin-PM-24-069 Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Milton 2024

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy
Subject
Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Milton 2024

In accordance with Section 8 of the HIP-WI Endorsement and the Hurricane Data Provisions, approved counties will have an updated payment flag and triggering event date available by close of business today in the following formats:

The following counties were triggered for Reinsurance Year 2024 and 2025 on October 10, 2024, for payment under the HIP-WI Endorsement.

CycloneStateCounty
Milton, 2024FloridaBrevardCharlotteCitrus*
Collier*DeSotoFlagler*
Glades*HardeeHendry*
Hernando*HighlandsHillsborough
Indian RiverLakeLee
ManateeMarion*Okeechobee*
OrangeOsceolaPasco
PinellasPolkPutnam*
SarasotaSeminoleSt. Lucie*
SumterVolusia 

*Adjacent County

Attachment A provides a map of the Reinsurance Year 2024 county triggers. Attachment B (text) provides a map of the four-day rainfall totals by county. Additional information on the policy, including frequently asked questions, videos, and a fact sheet, is available at rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance/highlighted-initiatives-plans/hurricane-insurance-protection-wind-index.

DISPOSAL DATE 
12/31/2025