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Honoring My Pal: Happy Birthday John Auer

Good Morning Charles! This past weekend I made a memory with a 70 year-old pal. We celebrated John Auer’s birthday with a small gathering of those who know personally and professionally the man that so many of us call a friend.

For those who are readers and don’t know John, he had an idea to start an insurance company in 1998 and retired in 2018, building ASI into...

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’Extremely Active’ ‘Explosive’ Hurricane Season Coming

The latest forecasts

Springtime means rising water temperatures in an Atlantic Ocean that is already warmer than usual and with it, a rising hurricane risk to match. Colorado State University (CSU) released its annual hurricane forecast for this upcoming storm season, calling it "extremely active" with a record-...

Ian Repair vs. Rebuild Reaches Crisis Point

FEMA eliminates flood discounts for violations

Elected officials from both the state and federal governments are appealing to FEMA officials to at least reconsider – if not overturn – their decision in late March to eliminate the 25% discount on federal flood insurance policies on up to 125,000 property owners in Southwest Florida. FEMA said...

More Hurricane Ian Money Released

Focus on unmet recovery needs

The state of Florida is making more funding available to help individuals, families, and businesses impacted by 2022’s Hurricane Ian, the costliest storm in Florida history. The state Department of Commerce announced last week that it will make more than $910 million available to help with continued...

Positive Signs in Fla's Property Insurance Market

Plus, clarifying "average homeowners premium"

Further positive indications that Florida’s property insurance market is stabilizing, stable pricing but questionable availability of reinsurance for the upcoming hurricane season, confusion over the average homeowners premium, Citizens Insurance reports fewer claims lawsuits yet...

Termites Combining Forces in Florida

Plus, new environmental protection funding

Termite swarm season is rapidly approaching, converting Indian gaming proceeds to help protect Florida’s environment, including flood protection, and putting an end to proposed local heat protections for outdoor workers. It’s all in this week’s Environmental and Engineering...

Obamacare Still Popular in Florida

Mayo Jacksonville expanding

On its 10th anniversary, Affordable Care Act enrollment hits an all-time high in Florida and nationwide, Florida closed more than 1,300 Medicaid fraud cases in 2022, and the Mayo clinic is looking to expand big-time in Jacksonville with a new campus. It’s all in this week’s Healthcare Digest.

They Work at Night

The recent Baltimore bridge collapse has now claimed the lives of three bridge workers, with recovery efforts ongoing for the three others still missing. Among the many online condolences and tributes, we found this early one on LinkedIn particularly poignant, written by Domingo Noriega, Associate Vice President of AECOM, the multinational infrastructure consulting firm:

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2024 Legislative Roundup on The Florida Insurance Roundup podcast

How will the insurance bills that passed in the recently completed 2024 Florida legislative session compliment past marketplace reforms? Is a property insurance market marred by carrier insolvencies in recent years and ongoing double-digit rate increases starting to stabilize?

Former Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Lisa Miller talks with two legislators about the new laws expected to impact Florida’s property insurance and real estate markets, reinsurance prices, condominium affordability, and their joint belief in bipartisanship for finding workable policy solutions.

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