FORTIFY FLORIDA UPDATE - floir.com

1 FORTIFY FLORIDA UPDATE . The Executive Office of the Governor, the Department of Financial Services (DFS), and the Office of Insurance Regulation partnered to bring a series of free homeowner expositions to FLORIDA with local and statewide businesses and not-for-profit agencies providing information and mitigation methods to help Floridians learn ways to make their homes more hurricane-resistant. The FORTIFY FLORIDA fairs featured insurance company representatives on hand to help homeowners understand which hurricane-resistance measures will protect their homes, and how they can apply for discounts on their insurance premiums.

2 By law, insurance companies are required to offer policyholders discounts on the wind-coverage portion of their homeowner policy premiums for specific measures that reduce their homes'. exposure to windstorm damage. The expos were held in conjunction with the My Safe FLORIDA Home program, a program administered by DFS to protect Floridians and assist them in making their homes safer against hurricanes. DFS staff is available to assist expo participants who want to apply for My Safe FLORIDA Home free inspections. In addition to learning how they can apply for the My Safe FLORIDA Home program, residents who attended the expos participated in home improvement how-to clinics, learned about building products designed to strengthen homes and talked to insurance company representatives about how they can take advantage of premium discounts for hurricane hardening their homes.

3 Workshops were held throughout the day and all exhibits and workshops free and open to the public. Workshop Statistics: St. Petersburg August 26. 600 Participants 56 Vendors/Exhibitors 4 Workshops Pensacola September 30. 3,000 Participants 46 Vendors/Exhibitors 7 Workshops Palm Beach October 14. 200 Participants 55 Vendors/Exhibitors 11 Workshops Office of Insurance Regulation October 24, 2006.