Category: Florida News
Apr 25, 2018
FEMA Region III said it will work with other state partners to host Flood Insurance Partner Roundtable events throughout the region in the coming year to broaden the conversation to reduce the risk of future flooding, increase the number of …
Apr 25, 2018
Panels will be tested for wind, fire and impact resistance. Additionally, a solar-powered onsite weather station will continually collect data, documenting temperatures, humidity and solar radiation levels, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/04/24/487169.htm
Apr 25, 2018
When Hurricane Irma reached Florida’s Big Pine Key in September, it caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored mobile home to collapse. On Marathon Key, twenty miles north, the winds lifted Diane Gaffield’s mobile home off its concrete …
Apr 25, 2018
Over 24 surplus lines insurers and the first admitted insurer are now offering insurance for various risks faced by the cannabis businesses in California. http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2018/release042-18.cfm
Apr 25, 2018
Months after an insurance broker won a contract for a company to sell policies to Mississippi prison system employees, he was called to see Christopher Epps, who was the state corrections commissioner at the time. Emily Wagster Pettus of the …
Apr 25, 2018
Governor Andrew Cuomo on April 19 directed the Department of Financial Services to urge insurance companies, New York State-chartered banks, and other financial services companies licensed in New York to review any relationships they may have with the National Rifle …
Apr 25, 2018
As the vacation rental sector heats up — with Airbnb making even more moves to expand its portfolio of services to include multiple tiers of rentals — there’s going to be more and more of a need for people who manage a …
Apr 25, 2018
By getting hold of a widely used hotel key card, an attacker could create a master key to unlock any room in the building without leaving a trace, Finnish security researchers said in a study published on Wednesday, solving a …
Apr 23, 2018
Drones are also capable of using thermal imaging in order to detect water beneath roofs, Casey Logan reports for the Ft. Myers News-Press. When a hurricane can be good for business https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/04/22/hurricanes-and-beyond-drones-take-insurance-industry-storm/511017002/
Apr 23, 2018
The most recent estimates show than more than $27 million remains unpaid more than a year and half later. Tony Jarmusz reports for the Daytona Beach News Journal. http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20180421/cities-to-florida-show-us-money-for-hurricane-costs