While this time of year we usually look up to the sky for fireworks, one wildlife photographer on an aerial survey late last month saw a different pop of color – a flock of more than 100 pink flamingos flying over Florida Bay in the Keys – the largest sighting in more than a decade! …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has gone from “optimistic” in January to “confident” today about the impact of the 2019-2023 property insurance reforms passed by the Florida legislature and the positive developments in the market. That’s the conclusion of OIR’s latest Property Insurance Stability Report, …
Gallagher Re says Florida’s recent legislative reforms led to more available and affordable reinsurance this hurricane season, new hurricane models are making their debut, plus a survey finds a sizeable number of Americans are scrimping on insurance to make ends meet. It’s all in this week’s Property …
In our mid-June newsletter, we reported that more than 90% of Hurricane Helene and Milton claims were now closed, with 56% of Helene residential claims closed without payment, and about 43% of Milton claims so closed. While most of those were closed due to non-covered flood damage or …
The Defense Department will no longer share some satellite data used for storm forecasts, the National Weather Service is scrambling to hire more people among a staffing shortfall in the midst of hurricane season, and the latest on the federal investigation into the deadly Surfside condominium …
Treasure hunting might sound like something out of the long-forgotten past – but it never quite left the Sunshine State. Sam Guttoso, who manages 1715 Fleet – Queens Jewels LLC, has just reapplied for a federal permit from the U.S Army Corps of Engineers to continue searching the sites of centuries-old Spanish shipwrecks off Florida’s …
