During the 2024 Legislative Session, the Legislature approved, and the governor signed SB 736, Services Provided by the DHSMV or Its Agents, which authorizes the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) through the local tax collectors to appoint a general lines insurance agency as an “agent for the Tax Collector” for the purpose of issuing registration certificates, registration license plates, validation stickers, and mobile home stickers.Read More

In my previous blog, I reminded FAIA members of the excellent education member benefit that is part of your membership. Well, there's more...a lot more!

The Agents & Brokers Education Network (ABEN) has been FAIA's online education partner for over ten years. And, on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. (Eastern), FAIA is excited to bring you another National ABEN Day. This year's theme is Crisis, Chaos, and Calamity...Oh My!

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My patience for people who discount the threat of a hurricane by saying, “It’s only a Category 1,” is growing very thin. While I’m not a meteorologist, as a Florida native I think I’ve learned enough about hurricanes to know, “The only thing that is certain about hurricanes is that nothing is certain.” Said another way, forecasting the intensity and landfall locations is far from exact.

I live in a homeowners’ association with 258 homes and I know of only three other homes occupied by Florida natives. The vast majority of residents come from northern states, and very few have ever been through a major hurricane, let alone, “Just a C...

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