Citizens Insurance plans to reduce coverage for repairs it cannot control [3-28-18]

Article Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel By Ron Hurtibise Published March 28, 2018 State-run Citizens Insurance is finalizing a plan state insurance regulators hope will be copied across the industry: Beginning May 1, it will cap coverage of non-weather-related water damage at …

Spurned by private carriers, South Florida homeowners again forced into state-run Citizens Property Insurance [3-26-18]

Article Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel By Ron Hurtibise Published March 24, 2018 State-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the so-called “insurer of last resort,” is poised to again become the first choice for many homeowner insurance customers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. …

America’s flood insurance chief has a message for all Floridians: You’re at risk

Article Courtesy of The Miami Herald By Jenny Staletovich Published March 7, 2018 If you’re a homeowner in Florida relying on flood zone maps to decide whether to buy insurance, you may want to check your drivers license instead. “If it says …

Senate Bill 398 (Estoppel Certificates)- Will it become law on July 1, 2017? [6-5-17]

Senate Bill 398: The bill revises requirements for estoppel certificates for condominium, cooperative, and homeowners’ associations. Under current law, when an ownership interest in a condominium unit, cooperative unit, or homeowners’ parcel is transferred, the new owner is jointly and …

Miami-Dade lawmakers want criminal penalties for fraud and abuse by condo directors [3-13-17]

Article Courtesy of The Miami Herald By Brenda Medina and Erika Carrillo Published March 13, 2017 After decades of struggling against a condo regulatory system that experts say perpetuates impunity and makes it easy to commit fraud, thousands of condominium …

Miami Beach tightens regulations on Airbnb rentals ][1-5-17]

Article Courtesy of The Real Deal By James Teeple Published December 19, 2016     The law is clear on Miami Beach. Short-term rentals of less than six months and one day are banned in all single-family home districts in the …