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When disaster strikes causing unexpected property damage to your home, condominium, commercial building. Weather from a hurricane, pipe burst, vandals or even worse a fire. Having to wait even one day to make a homeowner’s insurance claim is one day too many when your life is falling apart.  Those in South Florida have very interesting…

For homeowners and commercial property owners, building structural damage is a serious issue to deal with.The handling of a structural insurance claim is a complex process. Public adjusters can be instrumental in helping you to maximize your property damage insurance claims recovery. Role of the Public Adjuster A public adjuster is essentially insurance claims professional…

There are certain measures you can take to protect your house, however these options are limited and in some cases are useless against the destructive power of nature. A severe storm or a hurricane, which rushes throughout the country, can wreck your entire house. These are the cases many people buy insurance for. If damage…

As a property owner, you would probably agree that one of your greatest causes for anxiety is when structural damage to your physical holdings necessitates the filing of an insurance claim. Despite the amicable “courtship” you might have experienced when choosing your homeowners insurance company, deep down you know that everything they did was to…

Filing a homeowners insurance claim is no joke, especially after a disaster. With the storm season upon us, homeowners know their home is forced to withstand a lot: strong winds, hail, severe lightning and rainstorms, floods, and even hurricanes or tornados. The best option is to disaster-proof your home to withstand these extreme weather conditions…

Citizens Property Insurance spent more than $2.4 billion over five years on legal costs for claims. That’s according to information obtained by Rep. Frank Artiles, R-Miami, who criticized the state-run insurer for fighting claims, saying it’s “subsidizing the legal community.” In a letter to the Sun Sentinel, Artiles said that Citizens’ should not be spending…

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, no one could ignore the shocking media coverage documenting the devastating destruction. When the levees broke and storm waters surged, homes were swept away, families were left stranded on rooftops and many lost their lives. Suddenly, families throughout the nation were forced to ask themselves a frightening question: “What…

Citizens Property Insurance’s board gave an early green light late Monday to recommendations to help the state-backed insurer downsize its size and financial risk to Floridians. Many of the proposals would allow it to shrink and effectively raise rates without changing any laws. Some require legislation but it’s unlikely lawmakers will approve a property insurance…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Nov. 2 (UPI) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott said the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is running a program that is designed to fail. Read More  

Nearly 1 million General Electric coffee makers sold at Walmart are being recalled after dozens of reports of overheating, smoking, burning and fires. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced the recall Thursday, said Walmart has received 83 complaints about the GE-branded coffee maker, including three reports of minor burns to consumers’ bodies. The reports…