Last week, two Florida homeowners expressed concern over the fallout from a roofing company’s fraudulent activity, adding fuel to an already burning industry’s fire. But several Florida contractors have also...
A recent discovery of 35 Florida contractors participating in an insurance fraud operation has been the center of an ongoing National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) investigation. The criminals have allegedly...
In response to the damage left in the wake of Hurricane Ian, some of Florida’s contractor licensing requirements have been suspended. On October 1, 2022, the Florida Department of Business...
Restoration and roofing contractors often use an assignment of benefits agreement when performing repairs under an insurance claim. An assignment of benefits (AOB), in the context of the construction industry,...
An Ohio-based rating agency’s plan to downgrade 17 Florida property insurance companies is just the latest blow to the state’s teetering property insurance market. Rating agency Demotech plans to downgrade...
Residential construction is in major flux nationwide. After a major period of “boom” for contractors — with especially strong growth in residential construction over the past year — construction is...
Yet another Florida property insurance company filed for bankruptcy last week, leaving 80,000 homeowners scrambling to find new policies just as hurricane season begins. The bankruptcy comes just weeks after Florida...
Many people around the country know central Florida as the home to Walt Disney World and its major theme parks, but fewer know about the Reedy Creek Improvement District, an...
Storm season has officially begun for those living in the Southern US and Mexico — and it’s not slated to be an easy one. For the seventh consecutive year, the...
Though the construction industry continues to boom for some — as total construction spending reached an all-time high of $1.57 trillion in 2021 — the effects of the pandemic and...