A public adjuster and an unlicensed contractor have been sentenced for ripping-off an elderly man whose home was damaged by Hurricane Michael, Tampa Bay authorities are cracking down on those trying to steal …
Those property insurance companies that haven’t purchased reinsurance for the upcoming hurricane season have just nine days left in a market that is still described as hard, with some companies struggling to find available, affordable …
It was three years ago last Sunday that Florida’s biggest storm to date, Hurricane Michael, struck the Panhandle, its Category 5 winds and storm surge creating a visible path of destruction all the way to the Georgia state …
In a first party property case pending in the Panhandle, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida entered an order denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Entitlement to Attorney Fees and Costs. The case …
When Hurricane Michael brought its Category 5-force winds to Panama City in October of 2018, one of the many buildings that sustained major damage was the city’s Marina Civic Center. And two-and-a-half years …
The federal probe into alleged public corruption in the Florida Panhandle in the aftermath of 2018‘s Hurricane Michael is widening. A former city commissioner and a developer have now been charged, joining a former mayor and …
With 95% of Hurricane Michael insurance claims now closed, the state of Florida has opened a fund to help Panhandle residents impacted by the October 2018 Category 5 hurricane repair, rebuild, or replace their …
The popular real estate website Realtor.com has done a great public service by recently adding flood risk to its listing of homes across the nation – both those currently for sale and those off the …
Three Tampa area men who made the six-hour trip to the Panhandle to supposedly help elderly Hurricane Michael victims repair their damaged homes have been sentenced to 30-37 months in federal prison and will have to …
As we reported in last summer’s LMA Newsletter article Pitfalls in Mitigating Hurricane Risk, the Florida Building Code has not been fully effective in protecting homes in the Panhandle clobbered by 2018’s Hurricane Michael, …
