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Public Adjusters​

Public Adjusters – What do they do?

Articles:
-Get Your Due From a Homeowners or Flood Insurance Claim
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-Condo residents fight back with team of professionals, including a licensed public insurance adjuster. 
-Royal Woods still grapples with insurance havoc from Irma and torrential rains
-Advice from Superstorm Sandy survivors: 'Document everything'
-Flood protection: Everything you need to know
-When to use a public adjuster for hurricane insurance claim
-Mediating Insurance Disputes, Orlando Sentinel
-Public Insurance Adjusters; when to Hire One and Why
-Hiring a public adjuster
-Florida Adjusters Win Free Speech Case Against 48-Hour Solicitation Rule
-FEMA’s Broken Promise to Sandy Victims
-Detroit family's home looted by scrappers after devastating fire
-How to File a Homeowners Insurance Claim After a Fire
Videos:
-News Channel KFOR.Com Oklahoma 
-Hurricane Irma: Steps you can take to make insurance claims less of a burden
-11 reasons you should hire a public insurance adjuster
-Wylie Hail Storm Victim Still Waiting for Home Repairs
Spanish:
-​Recomendaciones para comenzar los reclamos por daños en propiedades tras el huracán Irma
Insurance Claims

Insurance Claims

Articles:
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Insurance companies send settlement checks to Hurricane Irma victims with string attached
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Schools face Harvey claims while digging for Ike receipts
-Letters to the Editor, Nov. 3 - 6
-Sisters Keri and Cori Rigsby Speak Out About State Farm Insurance Fraud 
-Angie’s List: Homeowner Insurance Coverage
-The Insurance Hoax and the Business Press
-Study: Homeowner Insurance Claimants Less Satisfied Than Auto Claimants
-The Herald Tribune Pulitzer Prize winning Investigation into the insurance market in Florida
-The price for repairs skyrocket after Hurricane Irma
-Where and when to get help after a disaster​
-American Association for Justice - Tricks of the Trade
-Financial expert, Dave Ramsey recommends hiring your own insurance professional public insurance adjuster when you have a claim. Please start at 31:05 
Videos:
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Better Call Behnken: Mortgage company cashes homeowner’s check meant for roof repair
-Top 6 Things You Need to Know About Your Insurance Now, That Could Save You Money
-Shortage of insurance adjusters could mean less-experienced adjusters handling your claim
-The Insurance Hoax - PBS
-Court: State Farm Committee Fraud in Katrina
-Hurricane Sandy – The Storm After the Storm 60 Minutes
-Sean Shaw Discusses Citizens Property Insurance on Fox 13
-i–Team Citizens Insurance faces accusations of unethical behavior
-Action 9 Investigates Sinkhole Insurance Battles
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-​Insurance company accused of delayed response to storm claims
-​People's Trust Insurance sues dozens of its own policyholders in claims disputes
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-Hurricane Irma recovery slowed by shortages of insurance adjusters, contractors
FAPIA Members​

FAPIA Members in the news

-Hurt At School
-Lou Holtz reflects on personal home tragedy
-FLPLG Insurance Attorneys and FAPIA stage Habitat for Humanity of Broward Home Build Day
Insurance Legislation

Insurance Legislation in Florida

Articles:
-Unfair Trade Practices 
-Homeowners Bill of Rights
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​Important Case law

Important Case law​

Documents:
Florida Supreme Court Decision on Unconstitutional Solicitation Ban
Articles
-Homeowners blame insurer for rodent disaster, Insurance Business, February 2017
-Citizens to Policyholders - "Take It or Leave It", June 22, 2017
-Set Record Straight on Citizens Managed Repair Program, June 28, 2017
-Better Call Behnken gets results for Clearwater family dealing with leaky roof nightmare, June 30, 2017
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Opinion:  Floridians Will Pay More For Less Under Citizens Managed Repair Program by Donald Phillips, July 6, 2017
-Point of View:  Managed Repair Programs Help Avoid the Middleman,  July 23, 2017
-Point of View:  Managed repair programs by Florida Insurers a Bad Idea by Don Phillips, July 31, 2017 
-Insurance Companies Forcing Their Way Into Policyholder’s Homes, August 18, 2017

Documents
-Letter to NAIC President John Huff
​Videos
-​​Major Insurer's New Program Will Restrict Choice for Some Property Claims
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Policyholders question new trend in insurance, managed repair
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-Homeowner sues insurance company over alleged deceptive practices
-ABC 3WearTV – Right to Repair – Insurance Policy Interfering with Repair
-Locked Out of Repairs: a clause that may impact your home insurance claim
-Homeowner sues insurance company over alleged deceptive practices
-Insurance Companies claim managed repair clauses protect consumers, some policyholders disagree
Managed Repair Crisis
​UAF

Unlicensed activity fraud

Articles:
-Public Adjuster License Needed to Assist with Claims
-The Cost of the Unlicensed Practice of Public Adjusting: A Legal and Economic Analysis
-Erasing the Abuse of Unlicensed Public Adjusters
Videos:
-Illegal for roofers to act as insurance adjusters, experts warn
​AOB

​Assignment of Benefits

Articles:
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Florida Insurers brace for possible onslaught of assignment-of-benefits cases
Videos:
-Should fire restoration industry be regulated?
-Assignment of Benefits abuse driving up cost of home, car insurance in Florida
-Scam-proofing your home after a storm
-Roofing contractor arrested for fraud
-Action 9: Florida law causes homeowner to pay twice for roofing job
-Action 9: Hidden Camera investigation reveals the high cost of “free” roof offers
-Action 9: Orange County Man says roofing company hijacked his insurance claim
-​Should fire restoration industry be regulated?
Fraud

Fraud

Articles:
-CFO Jeff Atwater Announces Arrests of Five NBRC Roofing Company Employees for $525,000 Insurance Fraud Scheme
-Attorney General Madigan Sues DuPage County Home Repair Business for Allegedly Misleading and Defrauding Hundreds of Homeowners
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-Agent charged with faking roof inspection
Videos:
-Homeowners warn of alleged roofing scam
-Roofers Scamming Thousands Out of Customers Preparing for El Nino
-Avoid Roofing Scams
-Travelers arrested in undercover roofing scam investigation
-“Loss Consultants” – Better Call Behnken;  Owner unaware of lawyer, work to fix moldy Tampa home at standstill
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