Welcome to the heart of the Atlantic Hurricane Season (and our first scare), where from early September through mid-October, the greatest number of hurricanes usually develop – with the greatest number of landfalls, too. This past Friday morning, the National Hurricane Center had given a tropical disturbance halfway across the Atlantic and heading our way …
Florida workers’ compensation insurance rates are poised to fall again for the ninth consecutive year, suggested solutions are offered to make plaintiff attorneys reveal their fees in property insurance claims payouts, plus the evolving rulemaking on wind mitigation discounts and insurance holding company finances. It’s all …
For those of you that follow Florida’s legislative activity, you will recall our weekly legislative updates from March to May 2025 and how incredibly contentious the relationship was between the Governor’s office and the Florida House regarding a slew of issues, as session dragged on for months longer than usual. While …
It’s no secret that Florida’s condominium communities are struggling – a growing, once invisible mortgage blacklist has led to widespread loan denials statewide for some would-be buyers. They include people like Susan Boshers, a condo owner in the Hidden Village complex on the outskirts of Orlando, …
The FEMA Review Council releases some recommendations on how to change FEMA, a Congressional committee approves its own FEMA fix, artificial intelligence had the best initial forecast in last month’s hurricane, and Florida has a new Chief Resilience Officer. It’s all in this week’s Disaster Management Digest.…
Call it beginner’s luck, serendipity, or innate archaeological ability – but striking gold on your first dig is anything but ordinary. Enter Yara Souza, a University of Florida archaeology student, who unearthed a rare piece of ninth-century gold on her first university excavation in Northumberland, England in July. The group was shocked when Souza walked …
