A Florida appellate court confirms that presuit notices do apply retroactively, while another court rules that contractors can’t use a generic price list in place of a bona fide estimate, a South Florida …
The co-owners of a Ft. Myers roofing company have pled guilty to a $1.4 million tax evasion, DFS announces five arrests in a $1.3 million insurance fraud scheme, plus the latest legal ruling on Assignment …
Florida is in store for a whopping 76% increase in homeowners insurance premiums in 2023 over last year, insurance regulators approve an emergency assessment on almost all Florida insurance policies to pay for the most recent carrier …
This past election day, I had the privilege of addressing the Pensacola Association of Realtors who are gravely concerned about the rising costs of property insurance and even more interested in how to “fix” the problems faced by their real …
As insurance adjusters continue their near round-the-clock work evaluating Hurricane Ian’s tremendous damage on Florida homes and businesses, it’s even clearer now that most damage is from flooding rather than the wind. I recently …
Another requirement of Florida’s recent consumer insurance reforms is that third party vendors go through alternative dispute resolution, such as appraisal, before filing a lawsuit against an insurance company, if the policy requires it. …
Florida’s property insurance market turmoil has seen homeowners suffering big rate increases, with some losing their coverage, while a growing number of insurance companies are going insolvent or reducing or eliminating their policy-writing in the state. The …
I sat down recently with a long-time insurance agency executive and a top real estate agency owner who shared their ideas on which reforms would be most effective for lawmakers to achieve in …
Solicitors with offers to fix roofs and homes damaged in the recent tornadoes in Lee and Charlotte Counties in Southwest Florida have been out in full display in those neighborhoods. The news media in …
The need for further legislative reforms in Florida’s property insurance market was on full display this past Friday at a public rate hearing where three companies proposed rate increases from 26% to 111%. All three companies’ …
