INSURANCE

Since the health industry is always evolving, making the right choice when it comes to your health insurance can be difficult.

Elected officials in Brevard County held a townhall meeting to speak with homeowners and discuss possible solutions for ongoing insurance issues.

News 6 broke the news several weeks ago that some insurers are dropping customers if their shingle roof is older than ten-years-old. Now, a Marion County woman says her hot water heater kept her from being insured.

Insurance companies say the crisis is being fueled by mounting litigation and fraud, but property insurance attorney John Tolley said that's not the full story.

Sen. Jeff Brandes, a St. Petersburg Republican, on Friday formally asked his colleagues to support his call for a special legislative session on property insurance.

Lawmakers claim new legislation that just passed will offer homeowners relief, but some consumers like Susie Blanchard say the law is lip service at best.

In 2021, the Florida House and Senate passed a bill that would have eliminated Personal Injury Protection/No Fault Auto Insurance in the state and required drivers to have mandatory bodily injury coverage. The bill was vetoed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Homeowners with roofs older than 10 years may lose their insurance, an industry spokesman says,

Pointing to a “sea of red ink,” the head of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. described a private insurance industry Wednesday that is losing gobs of money while homeowners face soaring rates and trouble finding coverage.

Many Americans are rethinking fall travel plans amid a surge in COVID cases.

(U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service via AP)Open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is set to reopen Monday and stay open for the next three months. The website serves 36 states including Florida, to those who need coverage from Feb. 15 until May 15. The goal of this special enrollment period is to help uninsured Americans weather the pandemic. Former President Donald Trump’s administration had cut the open enrollment period of the ACA down from its original three months to six weeks. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, there are currently approximately 15 million uninsured Americans.

Sharon Landry says she “freaked out” when she opened her statement and saw the premium for her homeowner’s insurance policy surge.

You’ll want to make sure you’re not further endangering yourself, McMillen said. Call your insurance company, but keep a few things in mind when you do so. You want to get your insurance company on board early, as in, you shouldn’t wait too long to inform them of the accident. And it made it so that the first $10,000 of any medical expenses would be covered by your insurance company. “It’s super important to get your own legal representation, because the insurance companies sure have theirs,” McMillen said.

Thats where Business Interruption Insurance kicks inThis is a type of insurance coverage that replaces business income lost as a result of a business interruption event. One more piece of the puzzleIf youre a business, you likely want to make sure you can take advantage of any Business Interruption Insurance you might have. Bogin, Munns & Munns, for example, offers a free case evaluation about your business interruption case. Some business owners have looked into the idea of turning to their commercial Business Interruption Insurance, to try to get some financial relief. Learn more: Bogin, Munns & Munns