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By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Florida lawmakers just passed sweeping property insurance reforms to repair the state’s crumbling property insurance market. The Florida Legislature convened a second special legislative session in mid-December to address the current property insurance crisis. While significant reforms were...

By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Florida enacted a new “milestone inspection” requirement for condominium associations to ensure aging buildings remain safe for continued use. The hope is that a statewide mandatory structural inspection requirement will prevent a repeat of last year’s tragic collapse...

By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida’s insurer of last resort, is planning to drastically increase the number of residential property inspections in the coming years. Citizens inspected roughly one percent of all its policies in-force last year and plans...