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• Florida Condo Pre-Suit Mediation Under § 718.1255 — Florida Condo Pre-Suit Mediation Under § 718.1255
• Florida UM/UIM Coverage: Why You Need It and How to Use It — Florida consistently ranks among the top states for uninsured drivers, with estimates of 20–26% of all registered drivers carrying no liability insurance. Florida law requires liability insurance but
• Title Insurance Claims: What They Cover and How to File One — Title insurance protects homeowners against financial loss from defects in the title to real property that existed before the policy was issued but were not found in the title search. Owner's title in
• Florida FDUTPA Claims Against Pest Control Companies — Informational only. Not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this post. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Alabama Real Estate Closing Process: What Every Buyer and Seller Needs to Know — Alabama is one of approximately 20 states that require an attorney to conduct real estate closings. The closing attorney typically represents the lender (in a purchase with financing) and handles the
• Your Florida Insurer Failed: FIGA's Limits, the Surplus Lines Gap, and the Broker Who Put You There — The letter says the carrier has been placed in receivership. It arrives with a tone of administrative calm entirely disproportionate to what it means for the person holding an open claim.
• Florida's 1-Year Notice and 18-Month Supplemental Claim Bar After SB 2A — Florida's 1-Year Notice and 18-Month Supplemental Claim Bar After SB 2A
• Florida Property Insurance Dispute Rights: What Every Homeowner Needs to Know — Florida's 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions dramatically reshaped property insurance law. Key changes affecting homeowners: the one-way attorney fee statute (which previously allowed policyholders to
• Ghost Brokers and Fake Auto Insurance in Florida — A ghost broker sells the appearance of insurance. The card is convincing enough for a traffic stop, a tag agency, and a lienholder — which is to say, convincing enough for everything except a claim.
• Is Your Insurer Even an Insurer? Unauthorized Entities in Florida — The cheapest quote in Florida is sometimes not a quote at all. It is an invitation into an entity that has no certificate of authority, no solvency regulation, no reserves, and no intention of paying
• PEO Roster Gaps and Ghost Comp Policies: Florida's Invisible Coverage Failure — Of all the phantom-coverage patterns in Florida, this one produces the worst outcomes, because the person who discovers it is lying in a hospital bed.
• Florida's Valued Policy Law: Total Loss, Covered Perils, and the Concurrent-Causation Limitation — Informational only. Not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this post. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Florida's § 627.428 Fee-Shifting Repeal: Litigating Without the One-Way Statute — Informational only. Not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this post. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Florida Hurricane Insurance Claims: Why They Get Denied and How to Fight Back — Florida homeowners face one of the most difficult property insurance markets in the country. Major national carriers have exited the state, premiums have skyrocketed, and claims disputes have multipli
• Appraisal Demands in Florida After the 2022–2023 Property Insurance Reforms — Informational only. Not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this post. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Drafting the Florida Civil Remedy Notice: Statutory Requirements, Post-Reform Traps, and Practical Protocol — Informational only. Not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is created by reading this post. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction.
• Sinkhole and Catastrophic Ground Cover Collapse Claims in Florida — Sinkhole and Catastrophic Ground Cover Collapse Claims in Florida
• When a Florida Life Insurance Denial Is Really the Agent's Doing — A life insurance denial arrives in the worst month of a family's life and is written to sound like the end of the conversation. It rarely is. The reason on the letter is frequently a consequence of so
• Florida Hurricane Damage Claims: Navigating the Post-Storm Insurance Process — Florida homeowners know the drill: a major hurricane hits, claims flood in, and insurers scramble to minimize payouts. In recent years, the Florida Legislature has significantly reformed insurance law
• Premium Diversion in Florida: What Happens When the Policy You Paid For Never Existed — Premium diversion is a quiet crime with a loud discovery. Nothing about it announces itself while it is happening — the paperwork looks right, the payments clear, the agent answers the phone. It surfa
• Hurricane Claim Denials in Florida: Statutory Bad Faith Under Fla. Stat. § 624.155 — Hurricane Claim Denials in Florida: Statutory Bad Faith Under Fla. Stat. § 624.155
• Negligent Procurement in Florida: Suing the Agent Who Sold You the Wrong Coverage — Every coverage lawyer eventually meets the client who says the same sentence: "I told him I wanted full coverage." Whether that sentence is worth anything is a question of Florida procurement doctrine
• The Florida Mediation Program Under § 627.7015: Tactical Use and Abuse — The Florida Mediation Program Under § 627.7015: Tactical Use and Abuse
• For Referring Attorneys: The Broker-Liability Case Hiding in Your Florida File — Written for counsel. If you have ever closed a file because the coverage turned out to be worthless, this is about the case you closed.

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