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 …
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. …
Article Courtesy of The Sun Sentinel By Ron Hurtibise Published March 21, 2018 Consumers hoping the Florida Legislature would agree on bills to slow rate increases for homeowner and auto insurance coverage will have to wait until next year. The …
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: 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 …
Article Courtesy of The Palm Beach Post By Charles Elmore Published March 1, 2017 Florida property insurers are telling legislators one thing: tough new laws are needed to address a crisis in claims where a third party such as a …
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 …
Article Courtesy of The Palm Beach Post By Tony Doris Published February 7, 2017 State regulators say former board members of the 20-building Whitehall condos on Village Boulevard misspent more than $1 million of their association’s money on themselves and …
Article Courtesy of The Palm Beach Post By Tony Doris Published January 6, 2017 WEST PALM BEACH — The bookkeeper for a suburban West Palm Beach HOA worker has been arrested for allegedly using nearly $95,000 of the association’s money …
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 …