Everywhere you turn newspapers, magazines, and other websites are relishing in the fact that Florida is no longer growing as fast as it once was. In fact, most data indicates that Florida’s population actually shrank last year. While this may be true right now, its most likely a temporary blip in Florida’s long history as [...]

There are two facts that most people do not know. First, flooding is the number one natural disaster in the United States; even properties not near water can be susceptible to flooding. Second, losses due to floods are not covered by your homeowner’s insurance policy. The Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) puts out “flood maps” [...]

You may have heard that both State Farm and Nationwide Insurance have either decided to completely exit the Florida homeowners insurance business (State Farm) or greatly reduce the amount of policies they have (Nationwide). If you are going to be retiring in Florida anytime soon, this article should be helpful. I cover this topic in [...]

Nationwide Insurance announced last week that they are dropping 60,000 homeowners insurance policies across the state. This leave them with just over 200,000 policies. The move follows the announcement by State Farm earlier in the year that they would not be renewing any of their homeowners policies in Florida, and would not be writing new [...]