Amid South Florida’s development boom, shell construction contractor L & R Structural has had plenty of work. The firm is slated to start an Edgewater condominium tower and a pair of apartment ...

Thousands of Florida homeowners lose money to contractor scams every year, especially after hurricane season creates urgent ...

Chuck Johnson and his golden retriever, Molly, share a small camper parked in front of a concrete slab, all that remains of his hurricane-battered home. The 56-year-old film technician is among ...

Floridians now have the highest property-insurance rates in the nation. The average premium of $4,231 is nearly triple the U.S. average of $1,544. Long known as the nation’s most hurricane-prone state ...

The Florida Office Of Insurance Regulation (OIR) is taking emergency action as the state waits on the potential downgrade of several companies’ financial stability ratings from Demotech. OIR announced ...

Hurricane season is on, and South Florida’s real estate industry is preparing. Hundreds of projects are under construction across the region, and all are at risk of damage and delays if a hurricane ...

Of course a better question might be: Is the added construction cost worth any reduction in your insurance premiums? A developer in Florida is touting his newly constructed office building as ...

TALLAHASSEE — New limits on lawsuits, changes that will push homeowners out of Florida’s state-backed insurer and another $1 billion in taxpayer money to bolster the troubled property insurance ...