Florida property insurance market: New companies increase competition
On the heels of the Florida property insurance market’s most profitable year in nine years — despite three hurricanes hitting...
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If your neighbor’s tree falls on your house who pays? What FL law says
Boneyard Beach at Big Talbot Island is Jacksonville's secret beachErosion and tress combine for one of the most unique landscapes...
Florida property insurer wants to increase rates 31%. More to come?
See a tornado that formed over Alligator Alley during Hurricane MiltonThe tornado formed Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2024, over Alligator Alley...
Florida insurance execs’ pay of $50M raises worry about firms failing
Amid reports about eye-popping insurance executive pay and undercapitalized new insurance companies, leaders of the state-run insurer are raising an alarm about the potential of a new cycle of insurers going under — again.The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. met June 25, shortly after revelations that two executives of the 3-year-old, Tampa-based Slide Insurance — one of the companies now collecting premiums from former Citizens’ policyholders — were paid $50 million in their first two full years running the business.'Grotesque': Husband-wife insurance execs earn more than $50 million in 2 yearsCharles...
Palm Beach Midtown Beach project at risk of losing federal funding
Video: Driver hits gate arm on bridge to Palm BeachA woman in a black Mercedes Benz SUV smashed into the gate arm in the eastbound lanes of the Flagler Memorial Bridge to Palm Beach on March 18, 2025.If Palm Beach does not acquire the easements needed for the Midtown Beach Nourishment project by July 31, that project will be delayed until 2027, town staff said during the March 27 meeting.Public Works Director Paul Brazil said if the private owners' refusal could put the 50-year beach management agreement between the town...
Auckland AI start-up ListAssist sells to US firm Inside Real Estate
He and his team would stay in Auckland. He anticipated he would continue to travel to the US around half a dozen times each year.Christ’s College old boy McGoldrick was born and raised in Christchurch – where he comes from an extended family well known on the local real estate scene – but moved to Auckland to finish his business degree after the quakes.“I wanted to go my own way,” he told the Herald.AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.He worked in logistics (Fliway Group) and sales (Fuji Xerox) before founding his first start-up...
DOGE closes 13 federal offices in Mississippi, including Social Security
DOGE caucus looks to codify Trump's order to reduce federal workforceDOGE caucus members announced legislation to codify President Donald Trump's executive order to reduce the federal workforce.The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has terminated 13 federal real estate contracts in Mississippi.DOGE claims to be saving taxpayers $3.6 million on the terminated contracts in Mississippi, but previous claims of savings have been inflated.The Department of Government Efficiency has reportedly terminated 13 federal real estate contracts in Mississippi,, including some federal offices according to the department's savings list.Last week, the DOGE Wall...