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Lobbyists for the Florida property insurance industry are continually trying to curtail access to public industry adjusters for policyholders by convincing lawmakers to pass all sorts of restrictive laws. In a long-standing case that had reached the Florida Supreme Court, policyholders finally won the right to be solicited within the first 48 house after a…

Case Study: Weston Florida Property Insurance Policyholder Makes Successful Homeowner Water Damage Insurance Claim Here is a case of a Weston, Florida homeowner who finally understood the complexity of trying to handle making a property insurance claim on his own. He had attempted to handle his own claims in the past and he wasn’t happy…

Despite the supposed 10% annual caps on rate increases that are supposed to be in place for Florida property insurance companies, company after company gets away with increasing their rates by bedding down with Governor Rick Scott and the heavily Republican State Legislature. As reported on June 27, 2012 by regular insurance writer, Julie Patel…

Since the last serious hurricane seasons of the mid-2000s, Citizens Insurance Corporation has spent $2.7 billion in legal fees in litigation against its own policyholders. Furthermore the Florida Legislature has given Citizen’s a free pass to abuse its customers. Citizens was granted immunity from the bad faith laws, which are supposed to protect the consumer…

Beat the Insurance Companies at Their Game – Hire a Public Adjuster Do you have a property loss claim to file with USAA Casualty Insurance Company?  Unlike another USAA company, United Services Automobile Association, which is much larger, USAA Casualty services only 1.1% of the Florida property insurance policies held by 64,314 policyholders, and is…

We have all seen TV video of the horrible flooding and water damage caused this week throughout the Gulf Coast’s northern counties and panhandle of Florida. While the wind was never quite bad enough to become a major factor in the damage, four days on end of torrential rain resulted in unprecedented flooding and loss…

Beat This Mediocre Company at its Own Game – Hire a Public Adjuster Southern Oak Insurance Company is based in Florida and provides a very folksy Web site that claims to provide exceptional service, but the company actually received worse than mediocre ratings in the Sun Sentinel’s article comparing Florida insurance companies. Southern Oak received…

Steve Venook, owner of Advocate Claims Public Adjusters, explains the importance of having a public adjuster to help you with your insurance claim for damage to your home. For more information or to contact Steven Venook click on Florida Public Adjuster

Dread Dealing with your Insurance Company? Hire a Public Adjuster Policyholders are often horrified to learn that Olympus Insurance Company was given mediocre grades across the board by the Sun Sentinel in an article that rated Florida property insurance companies. In fact, Olympus received three Cs and a D in various categories, including the numbers…

Hire a Public Adjuster to Fight with Your Insurance Company Quite highly regarded in the insurance industry worldwide, Lloyd’s of London is the world’s sixth leading provider of global reinsurance and the second largest surplus lines insurer in the United States. But, as its Web site explains, Lloyd’s is actually not an insurance company, but…