Sarasota News Press Note to readers: Casey Logan, a business reporter for The News-Press, didn’t know much about homeowners insurance until recently, because it was a subject he had never covered. He did lots of research, in an effort to provide insights heading into the 2016 hurricane season. There’s so much information out there about insurance, it’s…
Casey Logan, Sarasota News Press Randolph and Edith Geslani had good news recently about their spacious home on the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers Shores. The physician and his wife have seen their insurance rates fluctuate over the years on the home they’ve owned since early 1990s. Although they’ve filed no claims, the price of insuring…
By John Kennedy – Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Five years after Gov. Rick Scott scaled back Florida’s growth laws, massive development projects are underway across the state, boosting employment and tax collections but also sparking fears of traffic-choked roads and environmental calamities. Palm Beach County’s unincorporated western area is the site of…
National Association of Insurance Commissioners June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season. Now is the time for residents and homeowners that could be in the path of the storm to make preparations for damages. There is still time to take several simple steps that could make filing an insurance claim after a storm easier.…
May 4 Ron Hurtibise – Sun Sentinel After reducing its policy count by more than two-thirds over the past four years, state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. continued to shed its risk load by securing approval this week to drop 1,752 high-priced homes after their policies expire next year. As of Jan. 1, homes with insurable…
Michael Carlson – Op Ed – May 16, 2016 Last year, Florida broke a record by going 10 straight years without a major hurricane. Residents heaved a sigh of relief that another storm season came and went without any major damage to our state. But not everything is calm as we enter this year’s hurricane…
Nearly 3,000 residents and businesses in four Alachua County communities are facing big hikes or cancellation of their homeowner’s insurance after an agency threatened to lower their ratings because of a shortage of nearby firefighters. The proposed downgrade could affect 892 parcels in LaCrosse, 853 in Micanopy, 322 in Cross Creek, and 527 in Windsor.…
Sun Sentinel Do you have a dog “known to be nervous or temperamental?” If so, Stillwater Property & Casualty can deny you one of its insurance policies. Does your property fail to “show pride of ownership” and does it have one of those roofs “that exceeds their maximum useful life expectancy?” You and Peoples Trust…
Sun Sentinel Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill requiring state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to provide more information to customers targeted for “takeout” by private companies. Scott vetoed a similar bill last year. The new measure requires Citizens to provide estimates of comparable coverage in the private market and rates available with Citizens to customers…