December 30, 2019, Sun-Sentinel – Regarding the 20 percent of water claims that Edison officials said are filed by third party legal representatives, such as attorneys or public adjusters, Miller said: “Why on earth would others be filing claims other …
Year: 2019
Episode 24 – Making the Call on Flood Insurance
FEMA Urged to Adopt Parametric Insurance and Blockchain to Address Coverage Gap
November 21, 2019, Claims Journal –Lisa Miller, a lobbyist in Tallahassee, Fla. who advocates for increased private flood insurance coverage, said it is refreshing to see FEMA embracing technical solutions. “This entire industry is moving from yellow legal pads to …
A Disaster Resilience Framework: Investing now to pay less later
Under the assumption that it cannot control severe weather, nor deny recovery money to communities struck by future catastrophes, the federal government is developing a framework for how best to invest its finite taxpayer resources into more efficient and effective …
Episode 23 – Mediating Open Claims
… Advocates Push Model Law for Private Flood, Quibble about Education Mandate
October 28, 2019, Claims Journal – Lisa Miller, a lobbyist in Tallahassee, Florida who represents insurers, said the drafters of the proposed model law are trying to improve on the Florida legislation, which was a first-blush attempt at passing substantial …
Growing Private Flood Market Will Test Claim Professionals
October 14, 2019, Claims Journal – Lisa Miller, a former Florida deputy insurance commissioner who now runs a government relations consulting firm, said this to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Catastrophe Working Group: “This simple idea is designed not …
A Personal Look at Dorian’s Destruction
In last week’s LMA Newsletter, I mentioned two recent trips I took to the Bahamas with a longtime Florida insurance company executive to examine Hurricane Dorian damage first-hand. This up-close and personal video highlights the findings of those trips, …
CFO Holds Insurance Villages
October 12, 2019, WMBB-TV – “There’s no substitute for face to face. You can email, you can talk by phone. But to sit down with and talk with someone and sort things out is really the way to negotiate,” said …
Examining Florida’s Hurricane Vulnerabilities
Is Florida’s building code protecting all of us? That’s what we asked in two recent episodes of The Florida Insurance Roundup podcast. “It’s not that we expect to have no damage when we have a Category 5 hurricane, but we …
