As many as 20 storms could develope with up to 11 as Hurricanes and perhaps up to 6 as major storms that could affect the US coastline. This is not what we need now with Insurance prices as high as they are here in Fort Lauderdale and all areas south of Lake Okeechobee. Warmer waters than usual with atmospheric climates allow this prediction to possibly be a reality soon. Please be careful this season and read this full article below to be informed. Please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for all of your quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance quotes as well. Please be careful.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/05/23/293144.htm

Almost 12 Billion in reserves which is the best we have seen in 20 years of existence. I guess the unusually large premiums have caused this proble to start to look better fiscally, but the new Predictions  for Hurricane Season will be out later this week. We will soon see what to expect here in Fort Lauderdale and all of South Florida. Please enjoy the full article from WCTV. Please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance  as well.

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Florida-Insurance-Fund-Stronger-for-Storm-Season-207571801.html

 

This is  real good explination about Citizens Insurance claims process and what will happen upon being  hit hard with a Hurricane and what would happen. I talk about this in my classes I teach, but most do not understand. If you are in Fort lauderdale or South Florida, then ot could be worse as premiums are already higher. Please enjoy the full article below and please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Car, Business & Comercial and Life Insurance as well.

http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?p=4&id=287815

 

This bill will try to cover all of the things I have been showing over the last several months. Since this year is not an election year, anything goes, so this year is likely to have some real changes. The issue is who will benefit? There could be more private Insurance companies, less policies in Citizens, and The cat fund could put Re-insurance back to the private market as Governor Christ had put Fl0rida at risk by becoming a reinsurer. The will help save Citizens from going under beyond 1 storm or sooner and the Florida Cat fund as well, but who will be the real loosers?? That my friend is the consumer(us), because to save Citizens and the Florida Cat Fund premiums will continue to rise. Buying insurance in Fort Lauderdale and South Florida is already so expensive, but  all of these transitions could cause some major rate hikes still to come. What will the people of Florida do?? Well it seems the the U.S.  Governmant will bail out any catastrophe as proved with Hurricane Sandy since a 50 billion dollar bill to help those who chose to not have insurance is now law. If the Fedeal Government and the Legislator in Washington D.C. will save everyone from these cats then why should our prices rise and how can we use this to our advantage?? There is still the questions about Citizens Insurance as well and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty still wants to change Citizens back to being the Insurer of last resort at rates 15-20% higher than anyone else in the marketplace. This is where we were before Governor christ and that was also not a good situation??? As usual, this will be discussed, most do not understand what will happen, but prices are still on the rise for 2013 and 2014 for sure. Please read the full article blow. Please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance quotes as well.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/01/31/279560.htm

Why does every bill put through need to have other things mixed into it. This is what froze Flood Insurance bills for many years and caused many unnecessary extensions. If you simply pass a bill as a bill, life could be simpler. This is pure help for the states affected and the people who lost everything during Hurricane Sandy.Our Legislators in Washington D.C.  finally did something together and worked out a deal so congratulations. I am not sure where the Insurance policies fit in here as many did not have Insurance by choice, so what should be done for them? In any case President Obama will sign the bill soon and money should finally be on it’s way after 3 months. Del;ays from trying to add tax cut issues and spending limits were originally added to this bill, but who knows why???  In any event, please call L & S INsurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business and Commercial, and Life Insurance quotes as well. Please enjoy the fullarticle below;

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/01/28/279159.htm

There is barely enough money for 1 storm in 1 Hurricane season and what if we have 2 storms????  If Florida, which will affect Fort Lauderdale and all of Soouth Florida worse, could see more major rate hikes soon as the Federal plan is just not likley. The Florida  Cat fund may need to lower it’s exposure by 5 billion or more per storm  and if that happens then all of the  carriers will be required to get more expensive reinsurance form the private carriers (Like Warren Buffet’s company, among other’s). These increases will hurt the Real estate recovery in Florida as rates have been on the rise since Governor Rick Scott has come to office and even before that as well. When our Legislators meet in session soon, this will be a big topic and no National resolution could possibly come that fast. For a National plan to work, we already know that the President (Obama) must endorse the program for any hope and that is not likely as about 20 states have no interest at all to help the other’s. Please read the article below and please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for all quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance as well.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/01/18/277912.htm

9.7 Billion which is far from the 60 billion that will be needed from our legislators in Washington D.C., but at leeast something happened. Now we wait for the Flood Bill for another 9 billion as FEMA will also run out of money by Monday 1/7/2013. Please read the full article and please call  L & S at 1-888-244-7400  for all quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance as well.

http://www.nationalmemo.com/house-approves-9-7-billion-in-hurricane-sandy-relief/

Governor Rick Scott and the OIR are very friendly with the Insurance carriers in Florida. This is because they want  Florida Home Insurance rates to rise and Citizens to be depopulated and this is how they think it can be done. This Congressional session in Tallahassee our Legislators will soon vote on a Citizens Insurance  bill. This bill will allow Citizens to make the rates actuarily sound which they now feel will be a 17% rate hike instead of the 8-10 percent they have been taking. The real problem with this has been the re inspections and removal of  discounts they used to have. Because of this, increases are 50% in many cases especially here in Fort Lauderdale and most of South Florida. Rates are as hign now as they were  just after Hurricane Wilma and all of this in a bad economy which needs the Real Estate market improving, but Insurance costs are hurting it badly. Insurance costs are most of the time, higher than property taxes and in many cases like mine much worse. I pay 4K in  property taxes, but I will pay about 7K for the Home Insurance on my house this year. This is all because I do not have enough nails for a wrap discount and part of my roof is flat. In any event this article is a good one so please read it below. Please call us at L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance as well.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2013/01/03/275867.htm

Here we go again, after the house kept us from the Fiscal cliff they also managed to find the money for a pay raise as well. Why do they earn a raise, because they argued all  in Washington DC  for 4 years about doing nothing for this economy till the final hour. In any event, now they want to add in things like long term deals for the Florida Gulf coast c issues from the BP spill and the Alaske Pipeline as well. What did they have to do with Hurricane Sandi, but this is how deals are done in our Capital. They all want, but won’t work hard to pass the bill that is so badly needed. We hope they get this done as President Obama wants to sign this bill quickly to start the large relief fund that will be 20 Billion or more and then another 30 Billion for long term. Let’s get this past us now before a new session of Congress starts and they have to start from scratch??? Please read the full article below and please call L & S Insurance for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and even Life Insurance as well.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/01/01/275660.htm

How could this be? Well it is easy when you realize that this is a global world and Insurance companies all purchase re-insurance to protect themselves from disater’s like this one. No differant than a Sunami in Japan, when the reinsurer’s like Warren Buffet’s company get hit hard, they spread the risk and charge everyone else more to cover their losses which will definitely affect Florida Home Insurance rates in 2013. The increase could be as much as a 10% state wide average  on top of other rate hikes still to come next year so be Prepared for higher priices still next year. Please read the full article in the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinal below and sent to us by our friends at First State Insurance. Please call L & S Insurance at 1-888-244-7400 for quotes on Home, Auto, Flood, Business & Commercial and Life Insurance as well.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-insurance-20121031-8,0,2865075.story

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