RMA - Risk Management Agency

10/29/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/29/2026 09:24

PM-26-067: Hurricane Insurance Protection - Wind Index (HIP-WI) Payment Indicator and Trigger Event Date for Isaias, 2026

Date
October 29, 2026
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 Isaias, 2026

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:

Actuarial Information Browser

Actuarial Data Master

The following counties were triggered on October 10, 2026, for payment for payment under the HIP-WI Endorsement.

Cyclone State County
Isais, 2026 Alabama Baldwin* Butler* Coffee*
Conecuh* Covington Crenshaw*
Escambia Geneva* Monroe*
Florida Bay* Escambia Holmes*
Okaloosa Santa Rosa Walton
Washington*

*Adjacent County

Attachment A provides a map of the county triggers for RY 2026 and RY 2027. Attachment B provides a map of the 4-day county rainfall for RY 2026 using the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) rainfall datasets.

There are no tropical storm triggers associated with this release of Isaias. RMA will reevaluate the triggers once the updated rainfall data is available, and again once the cyclone track data is finalized.

DISPOSAL DATE:
December 31, 2027

Attachment A - 2026 Hurricane Isaias - IBTrACS

Attachment B - 2026 Hurricane Isaias - RY 2026 CPC Rainfall Totals

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