Panama City Hurricane Michael: wind plus total loss scope.
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Category 5 Hurricane Michael total loss. Ordinance or law and code upgrades maximized recovery.
Category 5 Hurricane Michael total loss. Ordinance or law and code upgrades maximized recovery.
Initial claim
What went wrong
Total loss calculation ignored code upgrades and ordinance or law.
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The intervention
What we did
Full code upgrade analysis; ordinance or law maximization; engineering for constructive total loss.
Takeaways
Lessons
Cat-5 events require maximizing every endorsement. Code upgrades add 20-40% to rebuild cost. Under Florida Statute 627.7011(2), ordinance or law coverage is deemed included at 25 percent of the dwelling limit unless the carrier holds your written refusal on an OIR-approved form; if no signed form is on file, the 25 percent minimum is automatic regardless of what the declarations page shows.
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