Natural Disasters--The Road Home and the Path Forward on Property Insurance….and Hopefully a Little Help from Our Political Friends

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 10/27/2013

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.Read More

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Shrinking Citizens is a Double Edged Sword

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 9/28/2013

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.

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Citizens Insurance and the Decision the State is Making for You to Go With the “New” Takeout Insurance Companies – A Public Adjuster’s Perspective

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 9/16/2013

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 the Sunshine State. Who would have thought that would happen given all the advertisements that were run in the 1970’s and 1980’s encouraging us to insure with whoever had the most money to spend on an advertising campaign.

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