Plus, FORTIFIED homes show true insurance savings
Florida reinsurance remains at reasonable prices for the second hurricane season in a row, a new study helps prove insurance savings from FORTIFIED-built homes, there’s a new push for federally-backed mortgages to accept …
Triple-I: Link between attorney advertising, rising insurance costs
There’s further – some might say ultimate – proof that the Florida Legislature’s property insurance consumer reforms of 2022-2023 are having their desired effect in reducing costly, often frivolous lawsuits against insurance …
The Florida House and Senate will begin work this week on crafting a new state budget for the next fiscal year that begins on July 1, following a late Friday announcement that the ongoing impasse has ended and broad dollar …
Tropical Storm Helene brought many things up through the Appalachian Mountains and Eastern Tennessee in late September of 2024: historic rainfall, terrible floods, significantly damaged infrastructure and a wake-up call for many counties completely ill-equipped to handle flooding at this …
Florida regulators making sure it’s covered
The official Atlantic Hurricane Season is less than two weeks away (June 1) and we thought we’d share the lengthy process that Florida insurance regulators have been going through to get ready – and …
New interim director provides some detail
FEMA has been under heavy scrutiny from the current administration over the last few months, with many wondering if the agency will be eliminated altogether or simply reposition itself within the disaster recovery and …
While Florida’s overall infrastructure earns a “C”
A Clearwater high-rise condominium is evacuated for feared structural issues, Florida gets its infrastructure report card, and researchers discover seaweed masses heading to Florida beaches that could dwarf the mess of 2022. It’s …
Plus, the latest changes in mitigation discounts
There are new concerns that recent legislation my leave Florida condominium buildings underinsured, more changes are in the works to homeowners insurance mitigation discounts, plus the state catastrophe fund releases new numbers on …
With the official start of hurricane season less than two weeks away, we have news this edition on an alarming trend in the condominium association community, how insurance regulators and carriers are preparing for the season, FEMA’s shift in emphasis …
Guthrie named to FEMA Review Council
Fort Myers Beach does its homework and will finally be off FEMA probation, President Trump announces some Florida members to serve on the new FEMA review council, FEMA delivers a new update on ending …