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19:00 UTC  Sunday, September 10

Victor Roldan, regional director – Caribbean and Latin America, RMS

I live in Brickell, in the Financial District of Miami, in a condominium block of some 30 stories on Brickell Bay Drive and SE 12th Street, very close to downtown Miami. The block faces the waterfront, four blocks from the Four Seasons, with the Mandarin Oriental just over the water on Brickell Key. This is an area that the insurance industry knows well, with many RMS clients operating their Latin American and Caribbean business from offices in and around a square mile from here.

I have lived in Miami for the past 15 years, and it is a great city. Similar to most Miami residents, I have experienced hurricanes, I know the difference between a hurricane and a major storm, and in my view here from my block some ten floors up, and despite of being 130 miles away from the eye, this is the worst I have ever seen. My family is safe, they are out of the state.

Winds are battering the coast, consistent 100 mph winds, and as of 12:15 am ET (04:15 UTC) today Sunday, the streets were two feet deep in water. Lots of trees have fallen, street lights have been toppled over, high tides are making the situation much worse.

This morning, I managed to take some video footage of the scene around the neighborhood, with flood water levels on the surrounding roads rising to three or five feet in some areas, winds are still range around 70 to 100 miles per hour. The situation will obviously get worse, but I am safe and OK, and looking forward to Irma dissipating very soon.

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Victor Roldan
Victor Roldan
Regional Director, Caribbean and Latin America Region, RMS

As regional director for RMS, Victor Roldan is primarily responsible for introducing catastrophe modeling to the Latin American insurance industry.

He works with clients in the region to implement innovative pricing, as well as optimize capital, and create portfolio management solutions based on a deep understanding of catastrophic risk powered by the RMS Cloud Platform.

With a strong background in IT, Victor is one of the leaders in the Latin American Insurtech industry, and was part of the original team that launched Quepasa.com, the first Spanish language portal. He has served as regional vice president and GM of Mitel Latin America and Caribbean Division, where he led the transformation of the Latin American business from infrastructure to Cloud and SaaS services.  He was responsible for overseeing operations, direct and channel sales, resellers, and partners in more than 22 countries.

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