In Florida, the Personal Insurance market will offer plenty of challenges in 2022. Assignment of Benefits scams, Limitations on Coverage, and Advances in Digital Technology will all affect Floridians this year. Home Insurance In a word – it’s a MESS. Just trying to keep your home insured will certainly be high on your Personal Insurance …
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According to a bulletin released last week, Citizens Property Insurance plans on inspecting 350,000 homes by 2025. That’s 70 times more inspections than they did last year. (5200 versus 350,000) It will increase inspections from about 1% of insured homes to 9% of its insured homes. Citizens will allocate $43,000,000 and hire private inspection firms …
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ln case you haven’t heard yet, October 1 ushers in the new National Flood Insurance Program Risk Rating 2.0 program from FEMA. The idea behind the new 2.0 program is to get Flood Insurance rates to levels that won’t generate deficits with each new storm. Here’s some info on the new program and how it …
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Personal Liability Umbrella Policy: what it is and how it works. Many people refer to it as an Insurance Umbrella or as Umbrella Coverage, but it’s all the same. And it does not cover property, just liability or lawsuit protection So, what is a Personal Liability Umbrella Policy and should you buy one? What does …
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You’ve just received a letter from your insurance company advising you that they are cancelling your policy for “Risk Reduction”. Or another letter might advise you that due to bad claims experience in your area, the insurance company is raising your rates by 25% or more. The temptation for both of these scenarios might be …
It’s that time of year again: June and the start of the Hurricane Season in Florida. And as we tell ourselves every year, “This time we’ll be ready!” Would you like to see something pretty cool? (Or scary, depending on your outlook.) Check out this site from NOAA which shows all the major hurricanes that …
What is the difference between Actual Cash Value (ACV) and Replacement Cost (RC)? Both these terms refer to the way a Home Insurance company will pay a claim. Did you ever wonder what Actual Cash Value means and how it will affect the payment of your claim? Is it better or worse to have Replacement …
Compared to Home Insurance, Flood Insurance has always seemed a bargain. In certain areas, that will no longer be the case. Hundreds of thousands of Americans will pay significantly more to insure their homes in coastal areas and flood zones under new rules released last Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This is …
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As many of you have found out already, Florida Home Insurance Companies are raising rates 25% and more. Because of the amount of fraud in the marketplace, home insurance rates continue to go up, and insurance companies are limiting coverage and canceling or nonrenewing policies. As a result, many consumers will have no options other …
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Many feel that insurance is a necessary evil that the bank or the state makes them carry. Many people ask us what we recommend for personal liability insurance? Or how much liability do we recommend for homeowners and car insurance? What’s enough and can you have too much insurance? Let’s think about this. What does …
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