Maria's approach spurs drop in Florida insurers

Florida-focused insurers fell today in New York trading, led by
Universal, while some publicly traded reinsurers also dropped ahead
of Hurricane Maria's anticipated blow against Caribbean islands
laid waste barely a week earlier by Irma.
Aspen dropped almost 2.8 percent while Maiden fell 3.2 percent as
Maria threatened the Virgin Islands, Martinique, Barbuda, St Martin
and Puerto Rico with sustained winds of near 125mph (200kph).
Maria is expected to strengthen into a Category 4 storm by
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