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How to prepare for a home insurance inspection
Bankrate via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoYour homeowners insurance company can request a home inspection for many reasons, the most common being a new home purchase, recent renovations or...
Just what improvements qualify for Florida’s $10,000 home-hardening grant? Answers aren’t always...
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs early applicants to a Florida state-funded home improvement program analyze their wind-mitigation inspection reports, some say they are confused about what home-hardening improvements will ...
Wondering when your homeowners insurance premium will drop? Here's what the state is doing
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo Finance· 5 months agoFlorida homeowners have been battling soaring home insurance rates since 2022, and many are...
Looking for a lower insurance rate? In Miami, you have tough options. Here’s some advice
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoShocked by the sharp increase in their premiums, many Florida homeowners might be considering...
Change in My Safe Florida Home program would leave thousands of grant applicants in limbo
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoProposed changes to a state grant program that provides up to $10,000 for home-hardening improvements would delay, for 60 days after the program resumes taking applications on July 1, consideration ...
A Biloxi woman was worried she’d have to choose: home insurance or her Live oak tree
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoShe had a hard enough time getting insured to begin with as hurricanes intensify and insurance...
Condos would be eligible for home hardening grants if Legislature agrees
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSince Florida began making thousands of dollars available to single-family homeowners for...
Proposed grant would give condo associations up to $175,000 each for stormproofing
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCondominium associations near Florida’ coast will get access to $175,000 per association in state funds for stormproofing projects under a House bill that’s nearing the finish line. The Senate ...
Trying to save money on your home insurance? Here's what you can and can't change
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoThe average cost of home insurance in Florida is now triple the national average. Typically, shopping around by getting multiple home insurance quotes is the best way to ensure you’re getting ...
More insurance changes are in store from the Legislature. Here’s what they mean to you
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter enacting two rounds of sweeping property insurance reforms last year that opponents decried as weakening consumers’ abilities to hold insurers accountable, Florida’s Legislature has unanimously ...