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The long-awaited FEMA Review Council report, originally promised last December, was finally shared with the world on May 7 along with an overview presentation, and included both some expected …
With the Atlantic hurricane season officially beginning two weeks from now, there’s a couple of quick items to share before we take a deeper dive into the FEMA Review Council’s report and its expected impact on Florida, especially with federal …
In one of the strangest auto insurance fraud cases ever, a team of three was recently convicted of insurance fraud in California after donning a bear suit to damage luxury cars and cashing in on the insurance payouts. The cartoon-level …
Readers often find interest in what other state legislatures are thinking. We closely followed the state of Georgia that just concluded its 2026 session in early April and the most significant bill that …
The topic of home-hardening has been a hot button issue in Florida for years, as the miles of exposed coastline, low-lying construction, and constant threat of hurricanes loom over homeowners new and old alike. But …
A strong performance by Florida property insurance companies, Florida’s insurance commissioner reveals what he’s doing to track AI use, a roofing contractor settles an accusation of unlicensed public adjusting, catastrophe losses are way down so far …
Despite scattered rain this past weekend, the extensive drought across Florida that we’ve reported in recent newsletters is showing no sign of easing, bringing more wildfires in parts of Northern Florida, Southern Georgia, …
With last week’s special session on congressional redistricting completed, the Florida Legislature is set to re-convene again a week from tomorrow (May 12) to spend a couple of weeks finishing its work crafting a new state budget for the fiscal …
Swarming over the salt marshes of Merritt Island, drones the size of golf carts were quite the sight for shocked motorists and residents earlier this month – the latest piece in Brevard County’s plan to combat disease-spreading mosquitoes. It sounds …
An unlicensed Naples contractor pleads guilty to defrauding an elderly woman out of $1.2 million following Hurricane Ian, a Broward public adjuster is arrested for stealing $600,000 from Hurricane Ian victims and spending it at …
