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In my many years in disaster insurance and recovery, I’ve witnessed the wrath of Mother Nature and learned that while you cannot fight her, you can and should prepare for her, and that often nature …
A new study shows Florida as the third-lowest among the 50 United States when it comes to where residents are the safest. And it’s not just the risk of hurricanes that did us in. The state received …
One sector of Florida’s economy with a lot of uncertainty – at least for now – is housing. Central Florida home sales fell 44% in May over last May but there are literally brighter prospects ahead. …
If you’ve been hankering to get back to having civil trials by jury in Florida, there is positive movement to report in that direction. Also making news is the number of workers’ compensation cases filed because …
Speaking of cooking up and inflating claims, many of you are following the Strems Law Firm Supreme Court actions and now others are piling on. Last week, Citizens Property Insurance filed suit alleging Scot Strems and his …
Ask any insurance agent and they will tell you “I’m worried.” Why are they worried? For starters, property insurance companies have no choice but to shrink their footprint and raise their rates. Some ask why? To which I …
There were a lot of firsts this reinsurance renewal season and one of them was a wholesale pandemic exclusion in reinsurance treaties. This provision necessitates property insurance companies having to file a forms revision with the Florida Office of Insurance …
With Florida reopening just in time for summer, some of the Sunshine State’s best cities have ranked high for their value in staycationing in a new national survey. Vacationing right in our home state can be key to maintaining safety …
Consumer confidence among Floridians is finally up again, although slightly, after a two-month decline amidst the tough economic conditions created by the coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, if you’re in the market for a car, used car …
New catastrophe reporting forms for insurance companies doing business in Florida and new guidelines for disaster management in the coronavirus era are out, with some additional learning opportunities coming up this week for onboarding.
The Florida Office …
