Comment on Citizens urged to work with FEMA to hasten claims payments for flood victims

Insurers are telling their customers that they are ready for soon-to-be Hurricane Helene’s march up the Gulf of Mexico and into Florida’s Big Bend region. Private-market companies including state-owned Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and private-market insurers Heritage Property & Casualty, Vyrd, Tower Hill, Security First, and Slide have all added information to their websites advising customers how to prepare for the storm and how to file claims, if necessary, afterward. If recent history is any guide, many hurricane victims will file claims their insurers won’t pay.