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Florida’s One-Two Punch Looming: Milton and Post-Helene. What’s Next for Insurance Claims?

by Rick Tutwiler on 10/6/2024

As recovery efforts continue in the wake of Hurricane Helene, Tropical Storm Milton has now formed and is projected to bring heavy rainfall and potential flooding to parts of Florida in the coming days. We’ve already received calls from clients in Jacksonville, and we anticipate more to come. Many of my neighbors here on the coast of Clearwater, still dealing with Helene's aftermath, are planning to evacuate as early as Monday in preparation for Milton’s potential impact.
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Hurricane Disaster Planning 2017 - Suggestions from an insurance claim expert

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 6/7/2017

“Recovery from a hurricane is a difficult, long term process,” says Craig Fugate, former FEMA National Emergency Management Director. Listening to all the pundits talk and write about 2017 hurricane disaster planning, I was reminded about the former big Wall Street brokerage firm, E. F. Hutton and their tag line that ran with commercials some years ago. It went like this, “When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen.”

Hurricane Hermine Property Insurance Claim Tips Blog Garners Big Response

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 9/12/2016

WOW! What an impressive response to our most recent public adjuster blog , offering property owners with storm damage from Hurricane Hermine our advice on handling the claim related issues. It shattered all previous records on reader response and views. Two things come to mind. People are looking for tips to deal with their claim process or they are just looking since it’s been so long since the last storm hit Florida and more specifically the Gulf Coast. My guess it’s a little of both, but I know there are claim issues out there from flood, wind, and the worst…massive sewer and black water backup problems. The calls are coming in and our public adjusters are staying busy, so my guess is that this will be a long sloth before there light at the end of the tunnel.
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Hurricane Hermine Insurance Claims – Approach Your Storm Damage with Some Common Sense

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 9/9/2016

As the saying goes in the sports fishing world when the big one is hooked, “FISH ON!” After 10 years of no hurricane landfalls, Florida experienced first a tropical storm, which was later upgraded to Cat 1 Hurricane Hermine. I feel very bad for all the folks affected in this State from Hurricane Hermine. From the media reports, this storm caused misery to a lot of Floridians along the Gulf Coast from Sarasota, Tampa Bay, all the way up the west coast to the big bend area and westward to Tallahassee. Flooding was as bad or worse than the wind in many locations but in combination, they likely did a number on property owners. And if property damage wasn’t enough, the loss of power added misery to the mix.
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Hurricane Hermine Insurance Claim Mistakes Tampa Bay Property Owners Should Avoid

by Charles R. Tutwiler on 9/2/2016

Hurricane Hermine has caused widespread wind, water, roof and flood damage in the Tampa, St. Petersburg area and up the coast to Tallahassee. As clean-up begins, many residential and commercial policyholders will submit an insurance claim for storm damage to their property. The public adjusters at Tutwiler & Associates urge policyholders to take the proper steps to protect their property insurance claim and avoid settlement problems with the following 10 tips:

Florida’s One-Two Punch Looming: Milton and Post-Helene. What’s Next for Insurance Claims?

Hurricane Disaster Planning 2017 - Suggestions from an insurance claim expert

Hurricane Hermine Property Insurance Claim Tips Blog Garners Big Response

Hurricane Hermine Insurance Claims – Approach Your Storm Damage with Some Common Sense

Hurricane Hermine Insurance Claim Mistakes Tampa Bay Property Owners Should Avoid

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