CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WSOC) – A woman had a small crack in her window at her condo in Charlotte, North Carolina following Hurricane Helene.It only cost $200 to fix.But Susan Lewis said FEMA refused to pay for the repair, but instead offered her thousands...
Regulators, insurance companies and attorneys at the Florida Chamber of Commerce Annual Insurance Summit this week sent a clear message to lawmakers about tinkering with Florida’s property insurance law, two years after major legislative reforms...
“The average shopping rate among home insurance customers has climbed to a record high of 6.8% through the second quarter of 2024, up from 5.9% two years ago,” Breanne Armstrong, director of insurance intelligence at J.D. Power, said in a September press release...
TALLAHASSEE - A key senator on Wednesday suggested that lawmakers should consider a property tax break, which could be spread over a number of years, for people who try to make older homes more storm resilient.
The proposal floated by Florida Senate Banking and...
Some Florida homeowners are choosing to "go naked" by dropping their property insurance and opting to self-insure instead."We did a national survey last year that showed 12% of U.S. homeowners are currently self-insuring. That's a large spike from pre-pandemic, which was about 5%....
The rise of online shopping has also led to a rise in package theft by "porch pirates," leading some consumers to insure their purchases ahead of time.
In 2023, one out of every 180 packages was stolen, around 119 million thefts that caused Americans...
