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We begin this newsletter edition with some over-arching observations about the Florida legislative session, now just past the halfway point. There is increasing contention among lawmakers, even of the same party, on some major issues, including insurance. “What is being …
New oil & gas drilling rules for Florida are being considered in the legislature, Governor DeSantis announces $389 million to improve Florida’s water supply and prevent algae blooms, and a government report shows growing …
2025’s hurricane outlook appears a little less intense than 2024, Fort Myers Beach may get back in FEMA’s good graces for flood insurance reductions, and Pinellas County gets special ‘Elevate Florida’ workshops …
FEMA’s on-again, off-again tougher flood rebuilding standard for federally funded projects is now halted once again. Effective March 25, 2025, FEMA stopped implementing floodplain management requirements under the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard Policy 206-24-005 …
Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty weighs-in directly on the MGA controversy, what the recent legislative reforms to Florida’s property insurance market have done for needed reinsurance availability, plus a new study shows …
We’re entering the halfway point of the nine-week Florida legislative session. Amid competing tax cut proposals and multi-billion-dollar differences between the House and Senate state budget plans, comes some …
Last week, FEMA and state disaster management officials paid a visit to areas along Florida’s Big Bend that were damaged in last year’s hurricanes, in an effort to better understand how to foster recovery.
Florida …
The 2024 hurricane season brought ongoing problems for communities impacted by Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton that still persist months after the storms subsided. Resiliency on the local level is perhaps the greatest imperative in …
Sometimes, a bill comes clad in sheep’s clothing. But to borrow words from Justice Scalia, “this wolf comes as a wolf.”[1]
For decades, Florida was in an insurance crisis. I read the Internet commentary discussing …
Despite repeated news stories – and now the year-end 2024 report by insurance regulators that net homeowners insurance rates have declined across the Florida market – some state lawmakers …
