Florida’s Old Capitol went blue this past week in symbolic support of our fellow Floridians at Naval Air Station Pensacola, scene of a horrific shooting two Fridays ago that claimed three servicemen’s lives and injured eight others, including responding Escambia …
A bit of post-Thanksgiving thanks for the survival instinct and resiliency of all creatures great and small. A few stray cows have been discovered wandering around Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina. Officials believe they were swept up in …
Expensive health insurance, marijuana updates
The growing unaffordability of health insurance, more medical marijuana users choosing smokeable pot, and organized opposition emerges to legalizing recreational pot in the Sunshine State. All this, plus a growing number of Obamacare sign-ups in …
Coral disease, re-birth, and personal pollution injury
A deadly coral disease is spreading across the Great Florida Reef, Tampa scientists announce a breakthrough in reproducing coral in a lab, a huge solar energy project comes to Central Florida, and the …
Spending mitigation money
As the old expression goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” In the case of flooding and other natural disasters, both FEMA and the IBHS tell us that a dollar of effective mitigation …
One agent’s push for consumer education
As we count down to the next short-term expiration of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) on December 20, two regulatory groups are moving ahead this month with efforts to encourage development of a …
AOB cases shrinking; bad faith targeted
From talking with Hurricane Michael victims at recent insurance villages in Florida’s Panhandle, I know that Assignment of Benefits (AOB) abuse is one of the reasons for delays in getting needed repairs. There is …
While fraud alleged on recent government officials
Property insurance companies that do most of their business in Florida are taking care of business when it comes to handling Hurricane Michael claims efficiently. A new study by Demotech shows our domestic …
In Lakeland, ten minutes from where I grew up, the local fire department is bringing their fit firefighters and some pretty pooches together for their 5th annual SPCA Florida Rescued Pets calendar! Just in time for the holidays, the buff …