Category: Florida and Insurance News

Florida’s Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist When Hurricanes aren’t smashing Florida’s Low-Lying Strip Malls and Red-Roof Houses, the State’s machine of inexorable growth is already destroying the natural resources that have helped make that growth so inexorable.  Politico’s Michael Grunwald reports. …

Increased attorney fees in water damage case backed by Florida Supreme Court In a case stemming from a claim for water damage, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an attorney was entitled to receive stepped-up fees for …

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson Worries FEMA Exec Is “Fox Guarding The Henhouse” Senator Bill Nelson (R-Fla.) has demanded that FEMA ensure that its Hurricane Claims be handled in an “Open, Transparent and Independent Process” after Reports surfaced that 90% of …

Hurricane Irma Insurance Claims In Florida Approach $5 Billion Hurricane Irma related Insurance Claims in Florida have increased further in the last week, rising around 8.5% to almost $5 Billion, with almost 32% of Claims now Closed, according to the …

After Irma:  Why Are 90% Of Flood Claims Being Denied? Nine out of 10 Flood Claims resolved by the National Flood Insurance Program in the early going after Hurricane Irma have been closed without payment, Federal Records provided to Florida …

Joe Negron:  “Nothing Nefarious” In Gary Farmer’s Re-Assignment State Senator Gary Farmer was taken off the Chamber’s Banking and Insurance Committee, but Senate President Joe Negron told FloridaPolitics.com’s Peter Schorsch there was “Nothing Nefarious” about the Removal. House Insurance Chairman …

Florida Appeals Court Upholds Major Tobacco Verdict Though it raised concerns about a jury instruction, a State Appeals Court Wednesday upheld a nearly $35 Million Verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the Death of a Longtime Smoker.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF …

Irma:  Delay, Denial Complaints Appear As One Insurer’s Outlook Lowered A month after Hurricane Irma, Consumers are starting to let State Agencies know of more than 150 Complaints ranging from long waits for Adjusters to Denial of Claims, Officials told …

Florida Was Ill-Prepared For A Major Hurricane, Audit Warned Long before Florida entered the deadliest hurricane season in a decade, Auditors at the State’s Division of Emergency Management sent out a Warning:  the State was Ill-Prepared for a Major Disaster.   …

Colodny Fass Lobbyist Katie Webb Featured On “Best Lobbyist” Influence Magazine Cover Today Not just among the Best Female Lobbyists, but among the Best Lobbyists, “Period,” proclaims the cover of today’s Influence Magazine featuring Colodny Fass Tallahassee Managing Partner Katie …