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Lest you need a reminder about how pervasive insurance is in our lives, look no further than Google, the search engine. The most Googled financial question in Florida during the past year? Yep, you guessed …
Autonomous vehicles hold the promise of one day practically eliminating automobile accidents in this country, and with them, the risk of serious injury and death, together with property damage. While we wait, there’s …
It was 15 years ago next week that Hurricane Ivan formed, becoming the fourth major hurricane of the very active 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season. After striking parts of the Caribbean as a Cat …
Last week I had the privilege of serving on a panel at Demotech’s I LEAD Insurance conference, attended by more than 200 insurance companies, related firms, and policymakers. The panel was titled, “The Courageous Leader” and …
In the wake of bigger and wetter storms, the personal property insurance market is beginning to realize the importance of offering viable private flood market solutions as an alternative and complement to federal flood insurance. …
Not only has the Florida Building Code not been fully effective in protecting homes in the Panhandle clobbered by last fall’s Hurricane Michael, now neither are mitigation efforts designed to fortify our homes and businesses, according …
I have worked as an advocate for sound real estate and property insurance public policy for years and my real estate colleagues drill into my head that it’s not the house, it’s where it is that determines its value. In …
Woodstock 50 was scheduled for August 16–18 this year, to be held in Columbia, Maryland at Merriweather Post Pavilion. The festival would have commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, the famed festival that took place …
One of the interesting stories coming out of last week’s National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) meeting was not about promoting the growth of a private flood insurance market (they ran out of time to discuss …
Of course, nothing reduces the sting of disasters, like having proper insurance coverage. Sadly, too many property owners in the U.S. are still uninsured, especially when it comes to flood and other catastrophe insurance, including earthquakes. Is …
