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LMA Newsletter January 20, 2020
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LISA'S BLOG
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 …
LMA IN THE NEWS
Home insurer seeks $30 a month average statewide price hike
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 …
HURRICANE UPDATES
Dorian, We Hardly Knew Ye – Thankfully!
September 4, 2019, AM Update – Dorian is still a Category 2 Hurricane with 105 mph winds, located late this morning 90 miles due east of St. Augustine, moving north/northwestward at a faster speed now of 9 mph. It is …
PRESS RELEASES
Lisa Miller on Hurricane Michael Insurance Claims
TALLAHASSEE — For those writing today on Hurricane Michael, former Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lisa Miller was interviewed this morning by Tom Flanigan on WFSU-FM, National Public Radio for Florida, just hours before Hurricane Michael made landfall on the Florida …
Dorian, We Hardly Knew Ye – Thankfully!
September 4, 2019, AM Update – Dorian is still a Category 2 Hurricane with 105 mph winds, located late this morning 90 miles due east of St. Augustine, moving north/northwestward at a faster speed now of 9 mph. It is …
More Likely Hurricane Gusts, Rather than Sustained Winds for Florida from Dorian
September 3, 2019, PM Update – While Hurricane Dorian remains a powerful hurricane, the Florida forecast for sustained hurricane force winds has diminished and instead, forecasters expect hurricane force gusts tonight and tomorrow, especially from Brevard through Volusia Counties. …
Latest Dorian Forecast a Reason Du Jour for Hope
September 3, 2019, AM Update – Hurricane Dorian started taking its northwestward turn away from Florida at the earliest part of the forecast window (this morning instead of later today), so its expected impacts on Florida will be slightly less …
Deadly Dorian Moving Dangerously Close Tonight to Florida’s East Coast
September 2, 2019, PM Update – Dorian continues to be essentially stationary, just northeast of Grand Bahama Island. It has already claimed five lives in the Bahamas. Maximum sustained winds are 145 mph – a strong Category 4 hurricane. It …
Dorian Will Be Late to Florida – Once Again
September 2, 2019, AM Update – Hurricane Dorian (now a Cat-4) is basically stalled out over Grand Bahama Island, moving slowly to the west at 1 mph. National Hurricane Center forecasters at 11am today expect Dorian to begin a very …
