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Florida Insurance Agent Charged with Embezzling Premiums After He Was Hit with Lawsuits, Complaint

Florida authorities in August arrested a well-known southwest Florida insurance agent, charging him with larceny and embezzlement of premiums. Reid McDaniel, 33, who was named the honorary mayor of North Fort Myers last year but who...

Should You Retire in Florida?

Ah, Florida. For many, it's the perfect place to retire -- with beaches and retirement communities and lots of airports, making it easy to get in and out of there. Florida isn't perfect, though. It offers both upsides and downsides to whoever retires...

State officials scramble as insurance companies abandon at-risk homeowners: ‘It’s the perfect storm’

Facing down a natural disaster is never ideal, but things are about to get even worse for Americans who are losing home insurance primarily as a result of climate-related weather. What's happening? The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported on the trend, writing that states are having...

The Outer Banks Voice – CSI lecture addresses homeowner insurance and coastal resilience

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on August 30, 2024 Don Hornstein describing homeowner rate increases in North Carolina, and a photo from the lecture of a lone standing house on the Bolivar Peninsula following Hurricane Ike that was built to higher standards...

CA Approves Allstate Raising Home Insurance Rates By 34% – KABC-AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFLGqXv6Mb0 Sticker shock is coming to 350-thousand California homeowners insured by Allstate.  The company has been approved to raise rates by an average of 34 percent.  That’s the highest increase here in the past three years.  The change all depends where customers live.  Some...