LMA NEWSLETTER
LMA Newsletter March 11, 2024
Florida Legislature Bill Watch | A Property Insurance Rate Drop Amidst Hikes | Demolishing Flood Risky Florida Property | Time-Out on Leaf Blower Bans | New Florida Focus on Healthcare | Disaster Insurance and Recovery News from Lisa Miller & Associates
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LMA NEWSLETTTER LIBRARY
Since 2012, readers of the LMA Newsletter have received timely information and insights about Florida’s insurance marketplace. Published weekly during legislative sessions and bi-weekly the rest of the year, the newsletter focuses on current insurance and related issues impacting real estate and emergency management interests. There are also stories of encouragement for those who work in this industry notwithstanding its challenges and “pearls” of information that will help readers raise the bar. During session, the newsletter provides tracking, analysis and insight on bills and broader issues being considered by the legislature of impact to insurance and related interests. The stories are searchable by going to the LMA Newsletter Archive and using the search window at the top of the right column.LISA'S BLOG
The Path to Homeowners Rate Relief Now
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in his recently proposed budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, included two of the five steps needed to lower homeowners insurance rates in Florida:
- A one-year exemption of the premium tax that insurance companies would issue
LMA IN THE NEWS
Woman says Sarasota condo insurance policy canceled due to ‘existing factors’
January 23, 2024, WFTS-TV ABC Action News Tampa – We took her concerns to Lisa Miller—Florida’s former Deputy Insurance Commissioner and a current insurance consultant—who told us there are typically a few reasons for a change like this. “The first …
HURRICANE UPDATES
No one missing, no one dead in Hurricane Idalia’s aftermath
August 30, 2023 PM Update – Hurricane Idalia grew into a Category 4 storm early Wednesday morning but thankfully veered to the northeast as previously forecast and spared the greater Tallahassee and nearby coastal areas, making landfall on Keaton Beach, …
PRESS RELEASES
Lisa Miller on Hurricane Ian Insurance Claims
TALLAHASSEE September 26, 2022 — Former Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lisa Miller offers the following tips on property insurance claims resulting from the hurricane. Ms. Miller, a disaster insurance and recovery expert, stresses the importance of staying safe prior to …
Hurricane Idalia Insurance Claims Tips
Former Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lisa Miller offers the following tips on property insurance claims resulting from Hurricane Idalia. Ms. Miller, a disaster insurance and recovery expert, stresses the importance of staying safe prior to and during the storm, how …