Truth, or rather, objective truth, seems to be an elusive creature these days. No matter where you go, bias has seeped into every aspect, it seems, of our fragmented, postmodern society. This is not entirely wrong or necessarily bad, but …
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Florida’s Economy & Other Tidbits of Interest
New NFIP bills being floated in Congress
Unemployment in Florida remained at 3.3% going into this month as the convenience store chain Wawa announced it will hire 1,000 people for its Florida stores over the next three months. That sort …
New Foreclosures Up in Florida
Overall rate continues to decline
The number of new foreclosures is on the upswing again in Florida, despite national foreclosure activity dropping to a 13-year low. Hurricane Irma damages and related economic disruption is partly responsible. For the country as …
Citrus Canker Payout Commences
$52 million released to affected homeowners
Florida’s other and often-forgotten natural calamity – citrus canker – has been resolved, at least from the perspective of 84,000 homeowners who had diseased trees in their yards. After a delay of as long …
Bill Watch
The second week of legislative committee meetings
Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform and the broader issue of excessive litigation remain a legislative priority for the 2019 Florida legislature. There’s a renewed sense of optimism by key lawmakers that real progress …
Freeing-Up Hurricane Michael Debris Cleanup Money
Michael created 10x more debris than Irma
Our volunteer crew from Lisa Miller & Associates helped clean-up a Panama City neighborhood last weekend. We saw what Governor DeSantis saw a few days later when he visited and then ordered the …
An Impactful Summit
Let’s celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday today and everyday.
This past week I attended the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) Summit with over 300 insurance professionals from as far away as Canada. For those of you who didn’t attend, …
Work like Hell
Tesla. SpaceX. The Hyperloop. Think what you may about Elon Musk, no one can deny his ability to innovate, create, and engineer the technology that is thrusting us ever closer to the future. He’s doing so right before our eyes …
Private Flood Insurance is the Remedy for NFIP Shutdowns
Oh to be a fly on the wall
Often we read startling headlines like the one we saw on December 28: “Breaking News: In Reversal, Flood Insurance Program Resumes…,” and we just shrug and move on to the next story. …
Supreme Court Rules on PIP Case
Deductible should come off the top
The practice by healthcare providers to take the deductible right off the top of total medical expenses before applying the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) formula was upheld last month by the Florida Supreme Court, …
