30 years after Hurricane Andrew: How resilient is South Florida?
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Florida Ramps Up Oversight Into Hurricane Season
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Citizens Property Insurance Policy Count Continues to Increase
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation continues to add policies at an alarming pace at the onset of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. Citizens recently hit a weekly total of 12,000 new policies as its total policy count approaches 900,000. With Citizens being the largest residential insurer in Florida, its current policy count is much higher than […]
Florida Contractor Group Already Files Suit Challenging New AOB Fee Restrictions
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Bill language being ‘worked out’ as Florida’s property insurance session nears
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Hurricane Season Begins with Prediction of Above-Average Activity
As the 2021 hurricane season begins, forecasters look for this year to bring an above-average level of tropical activity. Just this week, the Tropical Meteorology Project in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University (CSU) updated its projections and continues to believe this year will produce an above-average number of storms. Its forecast […]
Record Hurricane Season Comes to an End
The beginning of December commences a celebratory time for many Floridians— the Atlantic Hurricane Season ends on November 30 each year. In 2020, we can be particularly thankful to see this hurricane season end. Hopefully this will not be ruined by any post-season storms. The 2020 season set a record for named storms with 30, […]
Florida Cat Fund Foregoes Private Reinsurance for 2020 Hurricane Season
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Florida Rethinks Hurricane Plans in Midst of Coronavirus
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Hurricane Season Begins as COVID-19 Uncertainty Continues
June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season, although tropical storms Arthur and Bertha chose to not follow arbitrary calendar dates. Forecasters warn that the United States will have a more active hurricane season than usual this year. This prediction would cause concerns in any year. This is especially the case in […]