A final report on Hurricane Ian submitted to the Florida Building Commission contains conclusions and recommendations that provide new insight on the Category 5 storm’s damage and what changes may be needed to the …
An interim report submitted to the Florida Building Commission on May 10 says that Southwest Florida coastal communities impacted by last September’s Hurricane Ian were “ill-prepared” for the storm surge and flooding, …
A proposed super-boost to Florida’s highway projects funding, a new state building code is on the way, Lake Okeechobee’s protective dike is now officially fixed, and Florida’s orange crop has set …
Governor DeSantis this past week said again that Hurricane Ian was both a wind and a flood event. “I’ve toured up and down the state and I would say the flood far exceeds the wind damage in …
This has certainly been an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, with no named storms in August for only the third time since 1950. We finally had the short-lived Hurricane Danielle in the …
The Florida Legislature has been criticized not just for failing to pass additional needed insurance consumer protection reforms in its regular session, but also high-rise building inspection reforms, too. Several bills were filed last session in …
An increase in costly litigation is one of the drivers leading to a contraction of Florida’s property insurance market, especially among domestic (Florida-based) carriers. That’s especially true in South Florida, where admitted carriers have …
Our team has been in tune with building officials, first responders, family and friends of the lost, elected officials and others listening and praying with those in and around the Surfside condominium collapse tragedy. The ripple …
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 …
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 …
