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Multibillion-Dollar Natural Disasters Are the New Normal

Comment on this storyCommentDitching fossil fuels to minimize climate disruption won’t be cheap or easy. But with every billion-dollar disaster, we’re reminded that failing to do so will be increasingly expensive, and deadly.Already this year the US has suffered seven natural disasters costing $1 billion...

What to know about filing an insurance claim after hurricane

By Melanie Pagan There are two significant issues The McIntyre Law Firm Managing Partner Garrett McIntyre sees for homeowners handling insurance claims after a hurricane. “Either a partial payment or the insurance carrier is trying to string payments along,” he says. Industry experts offered tips to...

Florida lawmakers reverse Citizens flood insurance requirement for high-rise condos

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Finally, it looks like there’s some relief for Florida condo owners who’ve been reeling from the high price of insurance. 8 On Your Side has learned lawmakers have repealed an odd requirement that would have cost hundreds, if not thousands...

Gov. DeSantis says insurance market improvements won’t ‘happen overnight’

Gov. Ron DeSantis says the insurance market will improve at some point, but is cautioning those changes wouldn’t “happen overnight.” Speaking at a private school in Miami, the Governor offered a positive spin, before suggesting that a real contributor to Florida’s insurance woes is “inflation.” DeSantis...

Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Renews Lease at Galleria

METAIRIE — Well, there’s at least one silver lining from so many homeowners in greater New Orleans relying on the state’s insurer of last resort to help protect their houses from increasingly extreme weather. That insurer has renewed its lease on local office...