‘Margins against failure were too narrow from the start.”
Five years after the terrible and tragic Surfside condominium building collapse, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its technical report detailing a timeline of the disaster, stating …
Preliminary report finds weaknesses
Federal investigators may have found the root of the tragic Surfside Condo Collapse that shook the Miami community three years ago: faulty support columns in the garage that ran underneath the complex and the adjoining pool …
Recap of Week 9: End of 2021 Session
The Florida Legislature saved the two biggest insurance issues of the session to the last day on Friday: property insurance and no-fault auto insurance reform. Both passed and there were certainly compromises …
Recap of Week 9: End of 2021 Session
The Florida Legislature saved the two biggest insurance issues of the session to the last day on Friday: property insurance and no-fault auto insurance reform. Both passed and there were certainly compromises …
Recap of Week 8 & Preview of Week 9 of Session
The Florida Legislature today begins the final week of its 60-day regular session. Budget negotiations that extended into this past weekend report good progress reaching agreement on what is …
Recap of Week 7 & Preview of Week 8 of Session
This past week saw no movement on the major property insurance initiatives to re-balance the market and increase consumer protections from those who prey on unsuspecting policyholders in litigation …
Recap of Week 6 & Preview of Week 7 of Session
Last week, the Florida Legislature made significant progress on bills dealing with resiliency, property insurance, and the appropriations process. The Governor has on his desk the legislature’s bill SB …
Recap of Week 5 & Preview of Week 6 of Session
We are now officially past the halfway point of the Florida legislative session, with another four weeks to go in this session that’s scheduled to end on April 30. …
Recap of Week 4 & Preview of Week 5 of Session
The Florida legislative session is typically 9 weeks of “hurry up and wait” and this year is a lot of waiting. We are unable to freely go in and …
Recap of Week 3 & Preview of Week 4 of Session
This past week saw an offensive by opponents to two bills that together, seek to cure the most serious ailments and abuses in Florida’s homeowners property insurance market. Look …