Atlantic Claims Experts, Inc

04/15/2023

https://wsvn.com/news/local/broward/residents-next-step-after-historic-floods-dealing-with-insurance/

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Historic flooding in South Florida is bringing headaches for homeowners in more ways than one. Replacing anything that’s damaged is...

04/02/2023

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/04/01/cured-place-pipe-lining-making-people-sick-heres-what-we-found/11571878002/

Five key takeaways you need to know from our investigation about noxious fumes from cured-in-place pipe lining projects now happening coast to coast.

03/31/2023

https://winknews.com/2023/03/23/new-evidence-claims-to-show-florida-insurance-carriers-defrauding-customers/?fbclid=IwAR2v0ShaghPqSnRJ4HVAWeJF15YYrK5FfMosyTS5rNuSemqruOtVH11h4bo&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

The winds of Hurricane Ian gave way to the howls of angry homeowners who couldn't get their houses fixed.

03/21/2023

“Ron DeSanctimonious is delivering the biggest insurance company BAILOUT to Globalist Insurance Companies, IN HISTORY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

03/04/2023

The Senate has not filed a companion bill to date, but Senate President Kathleen Passidomo has thrown her support behind the move.

03/04/2023

Outside of insurance attorneys, plaintiffs' lawyers and some doctors, few people in Florida may be familiar with what are known as letters of protection.

03/04/2023

You pay property insurance—thousands of dollars a year—expecting to get money to rebuild your home when disaster strikes. Five months after Hurricane Ian, one Cape Coral family lives in limbo. They say they followed all the rules, but can’t get their claim paid, so they contacted WINK investig...

01/19/2023

https://www.propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com/2023/01/articles/insurance/the-heritage-insurance-company-hurricane-ian-quality-assurance-field-update-why-dont-insurance-departments-and-market-conduct-examiners-ask-for-these-documents/?fbclid=IwAR1jBR1nsDqiO7ZCQPeXcTd7KX_1P63-P1_OKlGF-xS-JNV3_-cLiQFowIA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Insurance company property claims manuals are often sanitized to prevent criticism. They contain general and often give vague instructions to claims

12/19/2022

I saw this Miami Herald article on the Miami Herald app and thought you’d be interested.

Who needs homeowners insurance in Florida? Here’s what you should know

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article269946847.html

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12/10/2022

“When will it finally be said that everyone else isn’t the problem? The policyholders who have to sue you are not the problem. You, the insurance industry, are the problem.”

The time has come to ask why Florida’s insurance market is on the brink of failure

11/12/2022

https://amp-insurancejournal-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2022/10/04/688170.htm

On September 28, 2022, the nearly Category 5 Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida with maximum sustained winds clocked at approximately 150 MPH. Reports out of Lee County, Florida have been particularly devasting, with images of communities wiped out and the death toll rising each day.

11/12/2022

https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20221026/fema-provide-direct-temporary-housing-4-florida-counties

At the request of Governor Ron DeSantis, FEMA will provide temporary housing to eligible Hurricane Ian survivors in Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto and Lee counties.

11/12/2022

https://amp.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2022/10/14/313226.htm

PHOENIX — Claims adjusters may groan at any mention of “going to appraisal.” But insurance defense attorney Andrew P. Rock sees the process as an opportunity. He says appraisals are another form of alternative dispute resolution.

10/18/2022

“Gallegos, who is chief executive officer of CCMS & Associates in Dunedin, Florida, said insurance adjusters also have ethical duties, which are sometimes spelled out in detail (such as in her home state of Florida) — and sometimes not (such as in North Carolina, which advises adjusters to “be good”) — by state statutes. Often, she said, any duty to report will create a conflict with the adjuster’s perceived duty to the insurer, which may not be interested in dealing with an even larger potential claim.

“How many times do we ask our engineers not to put that in the report?” she asked the audience. “Lots of times, right?””

https://amp.claimsjournal.com/news/national/2022/10/14/313226.htm?fbclid=IwAR0bTEoedYOm3VhtMm3P3D9L8wcxQoX5BM8-KBrviktCkgtb6eIZJH8q0NI

PHOENIX — Claims adjusters may groan at any mention of “going to appraisal.” But insurance defense attorney Andrew P. Rock sees the process as an opportunity. He says appraisals are another form of alternative dispute resolution.

10/14/2022

https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/05/17/when-floridas-property-insurers-fail-few-ask-why/?outputType=amp

That and other lapses plague state oversight of the property insurance market as lawmakers prepare for a special session.

09/28/2022

Hurricane-force winds approached Sanibel Island near Fort Myers at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, as Hurricane Ian closed in on the Gulf coast. Hurricane Ian’s top winds jumped from 140 mph at 5 a.m. to 155 mph, bringing it near Category 5 strength. The high winds are expected to produce a storm surge...

07/27/2022

"Yet, Altmaier's predecessor and former boss Kevin McCarty agreed that insurance companies bring a lot of pain on themselves by the way they treat their clients."

"We're not seeing any regulatory action, no fines," said Richie Kidwell, owner of Orlando-based Air Quality Services mold removal company and president of Restoration Association of Florida, an advocacy group for contractors. Kidwell has several active lawsuits against the OIR in state and federal c...

07/27/2022

"The increase in costs to insurers and continuation of other charges “shows that the fund is putting themselves ahead of consumers,” said Paul Handerhan, president of the Federal Association for Insurance" Reform.https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2022/07/01/674312.htm #

Florida property insurers have another cost increase to manage after the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund was approved for a premium increase. The