Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company, the target of the investigation, maintains they followed accepted practices and that the allegations of fraudulent claims were never proven.

Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Company faced allegations of improperly backdating policies to secure higher reimbursements after Hurricane Irma.

A contractor whose company received millions from the state faced a county licensing board after a home failed inspection three times.

TALLAHASSEE — One of Florida’s largest homeowners insurance companies is paying the state $6.5 million to settle allegations it filed “fraudulent” Hurricane Irma claims.

In the United States, Florida is probably the state most synonymous with hurricanes. Though it’s not quite the hurricane ...

Was it Ian or another monster storm that gave NOAA's Hurricane Hunters their wildest ride? A group of scientists, including ...

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew, one of the most devastating tropical cyclones in U.S. history, ravaged Elliott Key, Florida. “Most ...

Many had anxiously anticipated the season, which began in early March and will wrap up in the next week or so, as a barometer for post-hurricane success. There are other pressures on Florida’s ...

Billed as “Florida’s Greatest Hurricane Preparedness Party,” Okaloosa County’s 2nd Annual Hurricane Expo is set for 10 a.m.

The university provides the probabilities that certain states will see a potential landfall during the upcoming hurricane season, and Florida is, of course, at the top of the list. Florida tops ...

Historically, El Niño leads to increased upper-level westerly winds across the Caribbean and Atlantic, creating vertical wind ...