"Disaster" Archives

1. Inside The Industry: Florida is Number Two in US Natural Disaster Risk

   Thursday, September 17, 2015

   by dnicoletti

   Category: Blog

   Tags: Disaster • Florida • Insurance

   

   A new report says Florida ranks second only to California in the number of homes at risk for a natural disaster. The research firm, RealtyTrac, said in a report released last week that Florida had 6.7 million homes in counties with high risk or very high risk of a natural disaster. At the metro level, […]

2. Florida Bridge Collapse Could Leave Homeowners without Electricity for Weeks

   Friday, February 6, 2015

   by dnicoletti

   Category: Blog

   Tags: Disaster • Florida • Insurance

   Residents of a Jacksonville, Fla., townhome complex may be without electricity for two weeks after a large section of South Liberty Street collapsed into the St. Johns River. No injuries were reported when the street buckled on Sunday, leaving a hole the size of two double-wide mobile homes. The Florida Times-Union reports an electrical transformer […]