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September 29, 2020

These 10 things could void your home and car insurance without you realizing. Fort Lauderdale and all of Florida read this list!!

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, Pip Fraud, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Unknowingly voiding home and car insurance

The price comparison website found that a quarter of people in the UK (25 per cent) are unaware that posting a holiday picture on social media could void their home insurance. With 27.8 million households in the country, this equates to nearly seven million home insurance policies at risk of becoming invalid.

Alongside this, one in five people (21 per cent) are unaware that driving with a pet unsecured can also void a car insurance policy.

These are the top 5 ways people have unknowingly voided their home insurance:

Left window open when leaving the house/flat (31%)
Posted a picture on social media whilst on holiday (25%)
Put your house up for sale without notifying your home insurer (20%)
Renovated your house/flat without notifying your insurer (17%)
Left a door unlocked when leaving the house/flat (16%)

These are the top 5 ways people have unknowingly voided their car insurance:
1. Driven with a pet on the seat unrestrained (21%)
2. Changed jobs/job title and not informed your insurer (19%)
3. Had an accident that has damaged your car and not informed your insurer (14%)
4. Moved to a new house and not told your car insurer (9%)
5. Provided insurer with an incorrect mileage estimation (9%
  
  These are the top 5 ways people have unknowingly voided their car insurance:
  1. Driven with a pet on the seat unrestrained (21%)
  2. Changed jobs/job title and not informed your insurer (19%)
  3. Had an accident that has damaged your car and not informed your insurer (14%)
  4. Moved to a new house and not told your car insurer (9%)
  5. Provided insurer with an incorrect mileage estimation (9%)

September 25, 2020

THREE LESSONS THE LIFE INSURANCE INDUSTRY LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, Mitigation Inspections, OIR, Poly Pipes, President, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Technology, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, Life Insurance, Mortgage Protection Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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For decades, life insurance sales in the United States have been declining, with fewer Americans purchasing life insurance and others remaining underinsured. In late February of this year, however, the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting financial instability that ensued reminded individuals of their own mortality and the need to protect their loved ones financially. As a result, there has been an uptick in consumer interest and purchase of life insurance products.

At the same time that demand for life insurance spiked, buyers were locked down at home and afraid to step out into the physical world, making face-to-face sales and in-person medical exams nearly impossible and requiring the industry to navigate new ways of doing business.

These seismic shifts have led many in the life insurance industry to question traditional business models and accelerate new paths forward. At Haven Life, a digital life insurance agency backed by MassMutual, we’ve realized three key learnings in the six months since we began feeling the effects of Covid-19. When we emerge from this crisis, the life insurance industry will look very different than the one we all remember.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2020/09/24/three-lessons-the-life-insurance-industry-learned-during-the-pandemic/#23cad1b840c0

September 23, 2020

What causes the most injuries at home? Fort Lauderdale and S. Florida pay attention to this!

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, Propertyinsurance360.com, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Common home improvement projects and yardwork may seem mundane, but these routine tasks account for a significant amount of injuries each year.

In 2019, more than 775,000 injuries were related to housework and home improvement projects, with 300,000 of these injuries resulting from working in the yard.

Most injuries that occur in the yard can be attributed to high-power tools used to cut grass or perform other landscaping work, such as lawnmowers, chainsaws and trimmers. These resulted in more than 37,000 head injuries and 16,000 upper-body fractures in the last year.

It’s also more likely that your fingers and eyes will suffer from work around the home. Consider that in 2019, housework was to blame for more than 165,000 finger lacerations and 54,000 eye injuries.

With social distancing at hand in 2020, and Americans spending much more time at home, analysts project injuries from indoor-related activities may rise. Even before Americans were isolated inside, many people expected to perform home repairs and projects in the year ahead, ValuePenguin reports.

According to its report, 77% of people planned to undertake home improvement projects — an increase of 4% from a year ago.

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https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2020/09/23/what-causes-the-most-injuries-at-home/?kw=What%20causes%20the%20most%20injuries%20at%20home?&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20200923&utm_medium=enl&utm_source=email&utm_term=pc360

September 22, 2020

Insurance industry call to educate lawmakers remains urgent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Worker's comp, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Members of the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA) contributed a record $178,845 to the PAC in 2019. Those contributions came from 347 individual contributors and exceeded the previous record, set just one year before, by almost $37,000.

Despite the unexpected twists that have arisen from the current COVID-19 pandemic, WSIA PAC’s leaders say it’s as important as it has ever been for WSIA members to support the PAC in any way that they can.

“We could not have envisioned the current global situation when we set our plans in place for 2020, but our goal for the PAC hasn’t changed,” says Phillip McCrorie, WSIA PAC Committee chair, and president of RSUI. “We need to continue to press forward in support of the PAC because of the legislative and regulatory issues that have arisen out of the pandemic and because we’re in an election year. Our need to educate new lawmakers continues and is actually enhanced right now.”

Since its inception in 2005, the importance of WSIA’s PAC has grown, and it is a key element of the WSIA advocacy strategy. The PAC helps the association educate members of Congress about the importance and impact of the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines industry on the nation’s economy. The PAC also offers an influential voice on the industry’s complex insurance issues and can offer financial support to candidates whose philosophies are consistent with the goals of WSIA and its members.

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https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2020/09/11/insurance-industry-call-to-educate-lawmakers-remains-urgent/?ref=insurancedailynews

September 21, 2020

NFIP’s Flood Losses Expected to Be ‘Significant’ from Hurricane Sally: AM Best. Broward County Flood Maps will change as well in 1-2 years.

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, Miami Herald, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, CFO, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Hurricane Sally is not expected to cause a major insurance loss – compared to events such as the ongoing wildfires in California, Oregon, and Washington, or Hurricane Laura, according to AM Best. As the storm was more of a flood event, the ratings agency said, most of the losses will be covered by the U.S. National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

More than two-thirds of flood coverage written in Alabama is federal, so flood losses for the NFIP will be “significant,” commented AM Best in a report titled “Potentially Severe Flood Losses from Hurricane Sally.”

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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2020/09/18/583176.htm

September 18, 2020

Floridians Concerned About Disaster Recovery, Hurricane Deductibles: Survey. Fort Lauderdale and all Florida pay so much & still have huge Premiums!

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, Mitigation Inspections, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Worker's comp, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Biggert/Waters Flood bill, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Washington DC, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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The survey of 1,582 Florida voters conducted August 31 to September 2 by “Get Ready, Florida!” – a statewide public education initiative produced by the nonprofit FAIR Foundation, follows one conducted by the organization at the start of this year’s hurricane season. The new survey indicates a slight shift in Floridians concerns about hurricane season at its halfway mark compared with the start of the season in June, during the height of the pandemic.

The most recent survey looked at Floridians recovery expectations for catastrophic storms. Most respondents (68%) said they would find it difficult to pay the average $5,000 hurricane deductible if needed, with only 32% indicating that the $5,000 deductible would be “very manageable” or “no problem” at all to pay following a storm.

More than six in 10 (62%) of Floridians with homeowners or renters insurance said they are unsure what their policies would cover following a storm. And, despite the fact that most hurricane policies do not cover tree and debris removal from yards, 16% of survey respondents said they believed this benefit is covered in their policy. Almost one-third of those surveyed say they would be willing to pay something extra each month in order to have their policies cover these services.

Twenty-seven percent of respondents said they’ve experienced problems relating to yard debris or fallen trees following a storm. This includes 19% who say they have been blocked from their home or driveway, 11% who say they were stuck with large bills for debris removal, and 4% who say that they or a member of their household have been injured trying to remove debris out of the way.

More than two-thirds would like their local governments to plan ahead and line up debris removal services in advance so life can return to normal as quickly as possible following a disaster.

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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2020/09/17/582901.htm

September 14, 2020

Hurricane Irma’s ‘Last Gasp’: 3-Year Claims Deadline Put to the Test. Fort Lauderdale & all of Florida, your last chance!

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, Miami Herald, Mitigation Inspections, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Worker's comp, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB, Worker's comp |
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It’s been 3 years since Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, and the trail of damage left in its wake is still being felt across the state today, particularly by the insurance industry as it continues to see thousands of claims per month and costly litigation from the catastrophic event.

But with the storm’s 3-year anniversary comes a deadline that much of the industry hopes will put an end to the many purported frivolous and fraudulent Irma-related claims that have taken a significant toll on the state’s insurance market. In what is an unlikely coincidence, experts say, the run-up to this deadline – when the first notice of loss related to Irma must be filed with insurers – has also brought a new onslaught of claims.

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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2020/09/10/581974.htm

September 2, 2020

Florida Borrows $2.25B for Hurricane Fund While Rates Are Low. This can only mean trouble for the future if they need the money?

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Barry Gilway, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, Miami Herald, Mitigation Inspections, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Technology, Worker's comp, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, Pip Fraud, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Fort Lauderdale & South Florida should be concerned as the Cat fund has 17 Billion or so, why would this be needed unless the State has other Financial issues to deal with?

With hurricane season barreling down on Florida, the state is seizing on low interest rates to borrow $2.25 billion for its catastrophe insurance fund.

The State Board of Administration Finance Corp. is joining state and local governments that have rushed to sell bonds since yields tumbled this year to the lowest in decades. While rates have edged up over the past three weeks, benchmark 10-year debt is still yielding only about 0.8%, matching the lows seen before the pandemic upended financial markets in March.

“The market has been extraordinarily strong on the demand side and interest rates are very low — those two things don’t normally go hand and glove,” Ben Watkins, Florida’s director of bond finance, said in an interview. “From an historical perspective, this is an extraordinary opportunity.”

The pace of debt sales surged as rates tumbled in July, with the volume of new municipal bond offerings jumping 58% from a year earlier to about $46 billion that month, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Even with the uptick in rates since then, sales have stayed strong, with another $41 billion issued this month.

The offering will be the first since 2016 by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, which acts as a backstop for the state’s insurance market.

The move to shore up the fund comes as scientists anticipate that climate change will cause more damaging hurricanes.

The Florida fund is estimated to incur total losses of about $8 billion from Hurricanes Irma and Michael, which hit the state in 2017 and 2018, respectively, according to projections as of June 30.

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https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2020/09/01/580899.htm

August 26, 2020

Miami Dolphins Face Criticism Over Plan to Host 13K Fans at Home Opener

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Chinese drywall, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Worker's comp, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Washington DC, Water Damage Claims and AOB |
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Stay safe to all??????????????????????????????????

https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2020/08/26/580363.htm

August 20, 2020

As business interruption lawsuits pile up, lawyers question the strategy. Fort Lauderdale Lawyers and all of S. Florida are still trying??

Posted by homeinsuranceguru under Auto Insurance, Business Inturruption Coverage, CFO, Chinese drywall, Citizens Insurance, Citizens MAAC Committee, CLF, Condo Insurance, Covid-19, Customer service, Demotech, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Forclosure, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home Owners Insurance, Hurricane Updates, Insurance commissioner, Lee S. Gorodetsky LUTCF, Legislators, lloyds, Miami Herald, Mitigation Inspections, OIR, Orlando Sun Sentinal, Poly Pipes, President, Propertyinsurance360.com, Public Ajustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Tallahassee, Tampa Bay on line, Tampa Bay Times, Technology, Your Insurance Consultant from L & S Insurance | Tags: AOB Claims, Auto Insurance, Biggert/Waters Flood bill, Car Insurance, CFO, Citizens, Consumer Advocate, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Fraud, Governor, Home, Homeowners, Hurricane, Insurance, policy, Private Flood Insurance, Public Adjustors, Reinsurance, Sun Sentinal, Water Damage Claims and AOB, Worker's comp |
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Lawsuits over denial of coverage for business interruptions due to COVID-19 are piling up in New Jersey courts, but some experts expect the plaintiffs will have a difficult time recovering.

The District of New Jersey saw 20 COVID-19 business interruption suits filed or removed from state court in July alone. A similar pattern is taking place across the nation, and a proposal before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to consolidate those suits could create the largest MDL ever.

Insurance carriers typically say that claims for closures related to COVID-19 are not eligible for business interruption coverage because of a lack of damages to the premises. The plight of businesses whose claims for coverage were turned down has been a high-profile issue, with lawmakers in New Jersey and elsewhere weighing various measures that would mandate coverage under some circumstances.

A bill that would require insurance companies to cover business interruption claims related to the COVID-19 emergency declaration was introduced earlier this year in New Jersey’s Legislature, where it stalled. The Assembly gave the bill a second reading on March 16 but it never reached a floor vote because of discussions over amending it. The measure never made it to the Senate floor as part of a group of bills that made up a COVID-19 emergency package.

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https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2020/08/18/as-business-interruption-lawsuits-pile-up-several-lawyers-question-the-strategy-414-185165/?enlcmp=nltrplt2&kw=As%20business%20interruption%20lawsuits%20pile%20up%2C%20lawyers%20question%20the%20strategy&utm_campaign=dailynews&utm_content=20200819&utm_medium=enl&utm_source=email&utm_term=pc360

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