By Carrie Seidman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Apr 23, 2023. Last fall, I came to the difficult decision to sell my beloved house on Lido Key. Several factors convinced me the time was right: The encroachment of vacation rental “hotel houses” on all sides; the annihilation of landscaping I’d worked years to establish by Hurricane Ian; and the fact
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on March 25, 2023. OUR POSITION: The Florida Legislature’s laws giving insurance companies and businesses added protections against lawsuits will hurt too many Florida residents. By now the Florida Legislature will likely have passed House Bill 837 and Senate Bill 236 which cover how plaintiffs can recoup
The following Letter to the Editor was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 21, 2022. Please write to your FL legislators to ask them to reconsider this law in their March 2023 session to make it a bit favorable to policy holders. If you do not protest and change this law, we will see
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 18, 2022. OUR POSITION: The new law and guidelines for property insurance in Florida are heavily tilted in favor of the insurance industry and we are concerned it may not help lower premiums or create more competition for clients. The Florida Legislature passed a bill
By Jim Turner, News Service of Florida, Dec 14, 2022 TALLAHASSEE — With property insurance described as a “hidden tax” on homeowners, the Florida House on Wednesday gave final approval to a plan aimed at stabilizing the state’s troubled insurance market. The Republican-dominated House voted 84-33 along party lines to pass the bill (SB 2-A)
The following editorial was published in The Daily Sun on Dec 12, 2022. OUR POSITION: The topics that legislators could discuss during this week’s special session are endless but insurance reform has to be at the top of the list. Hurricane Ian has exposed the myriad of problems in Florida’s insurance industry. The question now is: what are our
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