SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – What happens when your property insurer goes out of business? It is happening quite a bit in Florida and is leading to all policyholders paying more. The Florida Insurance Guaranty (FIGA) is adding a 1% assessment [...]
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A tornado struck Saturday afternoon in northern Palm Beach County, toppling trees, damaging some property, and overturning vehicles in parts of North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens. In some areas, winds were estimated [...]
Florida is not known for its large hail. The state’s southern latitude and borderline tropical climate make developing hail very rare for its climate. Wednesday hail is a product of some very intense thunderstorms mixing with cold air below freezing, [...]
Property owners have spent years dealing with property insurance increases, and another one is on its way. Last week, state insurance regulators signed a plan that will tack on a 1% emergency “assessment” to property insurance to deal with issues [...]
According to News4Jax, two female squatters and their pit bulls shacked up in a Florida rental property for more than a month, causing nearly $40,000 in damages — and attacking the landlords by flinging a brick and human poop at [...]
Florida authorities have charged a Miami man – who has a long record of criminal and civil cases under his name – with insurance fraud after investigators found that some $300,000 in claims were linked to pre-exiting damage to his [...]
Heavy rains and thunderstorms pounded Fort Lauderdale this past week. The rain started Sunday and continued through Thursday. However, on Wednesday, heavy rains and thunderstorms pounded Fort Lauderdale, dumping up to 2 feet of rain and causing flooding throughout the [...]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — With 1.2 million policyholders, Citizens Property Insurance, Florida's insurer of last resort, has seen a big influx in customers in the past two years. Due to this increase, the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved a proposal [...]
ORLANDO, Fla. — It's been six months since Hurricane Ian crushed the southwest Florida coast as a high-end Category Four hurricane. It was the deadliest storm in nearly a century and one of the costliest weather events on record. Those [...]
Over the past year, state lawmakers have made radical changes with a focus on benefiting the BIG insurance companies, believing their legislation will cure Florida’s property insurance crisis. But instead, when a homeowner in Florida opens their annual renewal and [...]
