Call on a Florida Public Adjuster to Assist You With Your Hurricane Milton or Helene Insurance Claim
This question was originally answered by public adjuster Dick Tutwiler for United Policyholders “Ask an Expert” where he contributes his experience to helping property owners who have insurance claim questions. Q. If the mortgage company holds on to my insurance repair check and delays my ability to rebuild my damaged home by hanging onto my insurance check, is…
With Super Storm Sandy’s anniversary at hand, not surprisingly, the national media is running a lot of stories on this Frankenstorm Halloween weather event. Having been there with our firm’s troops, we can bear witness to the awful devastation and impact on the communities and their residents lives from Sandy’s furry. Sandy has now been…
“At Citizens, lawyers win, public loses” was the Tampa Bay Times featured editorial headline on Friday, September 27, 2013. This followed an earlier article in the Times “Citizens racks up millions in attorney’s fees and it denies claims” exposing the astronomical legal fees that have been paid to both plaintiff lawyers (policyholders advocates) and defense lawyers who represent the…
I was watching one of the “Homeowners Policy & Claims Bill of Rights Working Group” meetings the other day when a segment of the meeting featured a homeowner couple who took the time to appear at the meeting and tell their story about their insurance loss and claim that resulted from an unfortunate fire in…
As pointed out in the recent Herald Tribune article: Citizens Poised to Further Cull Policies, “Florida State insurance regulators are expected to approve the removal of nearly 600,000 Citizens customers from the state’s largest property insurer, which now covers some 1.2 million policyholders,” and many Tallahassee politicians are celebrating. But before you celebrate, consider the double edged…
A recent phone call with one of my Naples clients prompted me to think about the coming storm for property owners in the Sunshine State. Like a natural hurricane, it looks like nothing man made will stop what is already in motion. My client, who has family and business connections in Virginia with deep roots and…
Almost daily we are reading in the print media about the push to depopulate Citizens Insurance Company, the State chartered (and for all practical purposes state run) insurance company. This insurance scheme was started to cover Florida homeowners when the big boys of the property insurance world cut and ran following some hurricane hits in…
On September 11th last year, Rick and I flew to New York City for a planned meeting with Anderson Kill Loss Advisors, and a group of the nation’s top public adjusters at the Manhattan law offices of Anderson Kill. The purpose of the meeting was to meet and discuss current events and future plans for this…
The media is finally waking up to the major increase policyholders will see in their flood insurance policies. Our public adjusters are already seeing an impact on the insurance claims market. Here’s my take based on our assistance to Superstorm Sandy victims and our dealings with the NFIP over the years. 2.4 million Floridians live less…