As FRP claims experts work around the clock in several states fielding hundreds of calls, Foundation Risk Partners CEO, Charlie Lydecker, had crucial discussions regarding the FEMA waiting period before Hurricane Helene made landfall last week.
This past Wednesday, September 25, at the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors Meeting, Lydecker pressed on alternative coordinated efforts to help expedite the claims process for flood victims ahead of the disastrous Category 4 hurricane – the storm that left its mark in the Big Bend area of the Florida Gulf Coast late in the evening of September 26, before it moved northwestward across the southern Appalachians, severely impacting a large portion of the Southeast U.S.
As reported in the South Florida Sun Sentinel by Ron Hurtibise, Lydecker shared how homeowners who suffered non-wind-related flooding could accelerate the 60-day waiting period if FEMA could work directly with property insurers. Read the full article in the Sun Sentinel.