Hurricane Helene may have made landfall over 5 months ago, but aftershocks are still being felt by cities, towns, and residents along Florida’s West Coast storm path. While insurance regulators have …
FEMA strikes Fort Myers Beach flood discounts, Florida’s litigated insurance claims are down rather dramatically so far this year, third-party litigation funding emerges as a multi-billion-dollar industry, and Florida’s insurance commissioner orders a 1% …
Less than a third of Florida’s Hurricane Debby residential property claims were paid before being closed, as those caught without flood insurance become more evident; a new look at flooding risk across …
Local government officials in Southwest Florida and their nearly 127,000 residents affected are breathing a sigh of relief this morning at the news that FEMA has reversed its decision to eliminate …
A series of regular meetings over recent weeks between FEMA and five Southwest Florida governments has helped clear up some of the confusion and miscommunication that local officials say led to FEMA’s …
Some new data and insights from a state insurance roundtable that included policyholders, FEMA has extended its deadline and is said to be working closely with five Lee County governments to save …
Elected officials from both the state and federal governments are appealing to FEMA officials to at least reconsider – if not overturn – their decision in late March to eliminate the 25% discount on …
The big issue we can argue is what we don’t know about Hurricanes Ian and Nicole. How many residents and businesses had flood damage (which is not covered by most homeowners policies) and didn’t have flood insurance? And …
FEMA is out with a report showing the value of mitigation in having and following modern building codes. FEMA modeled 18.1 million buildings built in the U.S. since 2000 and found that the nation has …
Hurricane Michael was the center of attention among the record number of conferees at the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach last week. The mood was more sober than in past years, given …
