Notes on managing commercial risk.
Short, plain-spoken pieces on the risk decisions South Florida owners actually face — where coverage tends to fall short, how Florida exposure changes the math, and the things worth knowing before your next renewal.
About these notes
No filler and no sales pitch. Just the things we find ourselves explaining to owners again and again — written down once, in plain language. If a piece raises a question about your own coverage, that is the point. Bring it to us.
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- August 3, 2026 · 4 min read
Florida's property market turned. Most owners have not repriced.
The state-backed insurer has shed three quarters of its book, seventeen carriers have entered, and rates fell for the first time in a decade. If your placement dates from the hard market, it is priced for a market that no longer exists.
- August 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Your policy is probably non-admitted. Here is what that changes.
Surplus lines homeowners policy counts in Florida rose 70 percent year on year. For a lot of owners that is the only market available — but it is a different contract, with different protections, and it should be read differently.
- July 26, 2026 · 6 min read
What Champlain Towers Changed for Every Shared-Living Community
The 2021 collapse in Surfside didn't just rewrite Florida's inspection law. It changed the risk math for every condo, co-op, and HOA board in the state — and what their coverage now has to account for.
- July 26, 2026 · 5 min read
When Self-Insurance Is a Strategy — and When It's Just a Gamble
Retaining risk on purpose can be the sharpest move a business makes, or the most expensive thing it never planned for. The line between the two is a decision, not an accident.
Private Risk
Cyber & Regulation
- June 18, 2026 · 5 min read
The Safeguards Rule Quietly Got Bigger. Here's What It Means for Your Business.
The federal data-security rules that used to apply only to banks now reach a much wider circle of businesses — including some that never thought of themselves as financial institutions.
- June 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Beneficial-Ownership Reporting: What Closely-Held Business Owners Should Know
The rules around who must disclose ownership of a private company have moved more than once — here's how to think about them without getting caught flat-footed.