We’re in an all-too familiar place again this morning as we wait for another storm to hit Florida. As of late last night, hurricane warnings were posted for all of the Florida Keys for the arrival of Eta over or near the Keys by this morning as a strong tropical storm. It’s expected to become …
We held our breathe and knew the Florida election was going to be hectic as nearly 9 million Floridians had voted early and by mail as of last Monday morning, which was close to the total number of ballots cast in the entire 2016 election. By the end of the next day, …
With the election over, the 120 members of the Florida House of Representatives and 40 members of the State Senate will be in Tallahassee next week to be sworn-in to office. The coronavirus pandemic is forcing some changes to the organizational session that is usually a festive affair of various celebrations.…
To be sure, there’s a plethora of insurance issues that the new Florida Legislature will face as well. We’ve chronicled many of them in these pages over the past months, including a few that incoming Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby) says he wants to tackle. They include needed homeowners …
When hurricane season is over and the simmering summer heat abates, there’s no nicer place to be in the winter than Florida. Just my humble opinion as a near life-long resident, but there’s a bunch of Canadians and other foreign visitors who agree. This year, however, the coronavirus pandemic is keeping many …
Sometime next year, Floridians will be able to apply for a mobile driver license that resides on their smartphone or tablet, and complements the traditional license in their wallet or purse. The State of Florida will be the first state in the country to provide this option, one that is …
We know the value that insurance provides in protecting our property from wind, rain, and flood. But a new report shows how insurance can protect one of Mother Nature’s own proven flood protectors: mangrove forests. The idea is to let insurance pay for the cost to restore the mangroves after a …
Hurricane Maria was a deadly Category 5 hurricane that ravaged Puerto Rico in September 2017. It’s considered the worst natural disaster in recorded history to affect the islands, as well as the deadliest in the Atlantic since Hurricane Mitch in 1998. As the island has slowly recovered and the resiliency of its people been tested, …
