This week, in my continued efforts to fight post-storm fraud, I launched the free ‘Check My Contract’ portal to allow residential and commercial property insurance policyholders to submit their repair contracts following a storm to DFS to ensure they comply with Florida Law. If the contract is deemed out of line with state law or an illegal Assignment of Benefits contract, we’ll give the policyholder the tools needed to cancel it. This portal will also allow my fraud investigators to determine if there are any bad actors committing systemic fraud in our communities following storms and then hold them accountable. Visit PrepareFL.com to learn more about the Check My Contract portal and submit your repair contract today.
On Tuesday, I was proud to join the Florida Chamber of Commerce in Orlando to discuss the health of Florida’s economy and insurance market. Florida is making real progress in supporting and protecting policyholders, but the fight is far from over. Our state will always contend with hurricanes, as we saw with Helene and Milton in the last few weeks. I genuinely feel that we would not have weathered these storms as well without the insurance reforms we passed. I’m proud of how Florida stepped up and fought for our policyholders. We will continue looking for ways to combat fraud and rein in rates. Lastly, thank you to Senator Rick Scott for building on our policy proposal to accomplish tax savings for homeowners and launching the READY Account Act. This act will provide homeowners access to vital tax-free savings accounts for disaster mitigation and response. Florida is once again leading the way so that all Americans can benefit from lower insurance bills and fewer headaches the next time mother nature throws you a curveball.
