Start of Florida’s 2024 Regular Legislative Session
Lawmakers have already started arriving in Tallahassee for tomorrow’s (January 9, 2024) start of the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session. The Governor, in his recently proposed budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, included two …
For the second year in a row, Florida has had the highest influx of newcomers of any state in the nation -cresting over 249,000 new inhabitants in 2022 alone. Many of these people moving south were looking for better weather …
The top credit card scam cities
A Florida attorney is sent to federal prison for swindling NFL players out of lawsuit payouts, a $21 million workers’ compensation fraud bust in the heart of Florida, and South Florida is coined the …
Plus, the flood insurance disconnect
A new bill that would allow monthly payments of NFIP premiums is floated by Florida Senator Rick Scott, Ft. Lauderdale shatters the annual rainfall record by nearly double, and a Chubb survey of insurance brokers …
Is the Notice of Intent to Litigate retroactive?
A dispute over a 2021 law that placed additional hurdles to filing lawsuits against property insurance companies might reach the Florida Supreme Court, an appeals court rules explosive damage is covered by …
Homeowners rates, real estate impacted
A new survey shows reinsurance prices in the upcoming renewal will be upwards of 30% more expensive than this year, catastrophe exposed commercial properties are expected to see the biggest reinsurance rate hikes, reinsurance prices …
Yet some in Congress worry
After another successful takeout period by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance and a resulting and welcoming drop in its policy count, some in Congress are now taking an interest in Citizens’ risk portfolio. They want to …
Getting ready for session
Today marks the beginning of the final two weeks of legislative committee meetings leading to the start of the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session on Tuesday, January 9. We see that the Senate President is focusing on …
Last week I had the privilege of teaching over 100 homeowners insurance claims adjusters and litigation professionals some lessons learned in my years of working with policyholders who had claims, most specifically hurricane claims. Much of my continuing education course …

As the colder months of the year really begin to settle in and we huddle inside to avoid the elements, it gives us time to reflect on our lives, friends, family and other relationships that have gotten us this far. …