TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis signed bipartisan legislation implementing the most significant and comprehensive property insurance reforms Florida has seen in decades to provide short- and long-term relief to Floridians to combat skyrocketing insurance costs. A one pager on the [...]
The season starts on June 1 and this year forecasters expect 19 storms, two fewer than in 2021. Though the official start date is in June, last year was the seventh year in a row that a storm system formed in [...]
In an important but not surprising decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals followed the vast majority of court decisions that hold COVID does not cause the “direct physical loss of or damage to Covered Property” required by most property policies. SA [...]
Gov. Ron DeSantis expects lawmakers will once again make changes in Florida's property-insurance system sometime this year, at the latest after the November elections. Thankfully, DeSantis did not include property insurance issues as part of a special session that he [...]
The main question in a lawsuit that pits insurance underwriters against a Florida condo association is: does the disturbance of a noisy gym constitute property damage? It is a lawsuit that raises questions regarding how insurance contracts should be interpreted, as this commercial [...]
MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in South Florida on Tuesday, and he was asked about something considered a Category-5 level concern. Local 10 News’ Glenna Milberg asked DeSantis, who was in Miami, about lawmakers work on stopping [...]
Parts of Florida saw severe storms Monday, with gusty winds, heavy rain and golf-ball size hail that downed trees, broke windows, and damaged cars. Photos posted online showed the damage in parts of Highlands County, which was under severe thunderstorm [...]
Another above-average hurricane season is in the forecast for 2022. A prediction issued Thursday by scientists at Colorado State University says there will be at least 19 named storms and nine hurricanes — four of which will be Category 3 or higher. [...]
MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County leaders released an update Monday afternoon on the damage done Saturday by an EF-1 tornado that cut a path of destruction. Sheriff Billy Wood and Commissioner Carl Zalak released a video on Facebook to provide [...]
On Friday evening, a suspected tornado tore through the historic St. Andrews community in Panama City, leaving a path of damaged homes and vehicles, scattered debris, and shaken residents in its wake. The National Weather Service issued tornado watches for parts of Florida, Alabama, and [...]
