This past May, Governor Rick Scott signed into law Senate bill 408 which contained important and significant changes to Florida laws governing sinkhole damage and insurance coverage of these disasters.  According to the Digital Journal, “The comprehensive new Florida insurance law changes several aspects of property and casualty insurance,...

Sinkholes occur in certain parts of our state’s landscape due to the unique geological structure of the land. Sinkholes are geologic features formed by movement of rock or sediment into voids created by the dissolution of water-soluble rock.  In the last few decades, sinkholes have been most prevalent in...