Team Complete 2020 – See You at WIND Next Week?
Windstorm Insurance Conference Orlando 2020 Pulling the dumb end of the tape will make you a lot of friends over twenty years, many of mine will be in Orlando next…
Wind 2019 Razzle Dazzle – See You at Booth 320!
The 2019 Windstorm Insurance Network Convention, or “WIND 2019,” is coming up quicker than a deposition date on a problem claim. We hope to see you Jan 30-Feb 2, at…
Hurricane Michael, Mexico Beach PSJ Early Aerial Assesements by Complete
FAA 107 Pilots — Hurricane Michael Our team worked from the west end all the way out the cape and back to PSJ in the days and weeks after Hurricane Michael….
Hurricane Florence – By the numbers – this mid Atlantic hurricane could have been much worse – John Minor CFM
Although Hurricane Florence’s and her rainfall is gone, the destruction it has caused isn’t over yet. Not even close… North Carolina farms lost an estimated 5,500 pigs and 3.4 million…
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Hurricane Florence Landfall Research Project – FCMP support work – John Minor CFM
It’s now Friday, September 14, 2018, and Hurricane Florence has arrived in North Carolina. The powerful storm made landfall at 7:15 a.m. ET near Wrightsville Beach, just east of Wilmington….
Hurricane Harvey & Back: 8 Days in August: My Experience – John Minor, Hurricane Researcher, Floodplain Manager
Hurricane Harvey and John Minor’s Trek In 2017, people along the Texas Gulf coast and I were preparing themselves for what was to be the most destructive natural disaster in…
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Supercomputers: Their Increasingly Important Role in Hurricane Forecasting
Supercomputers – Complete Resources 2016 – have long been renowned for their processing power and their handling of data. Because of those qualities they have been employed for many major…
Mitigation: How It Can Save Lives, Property and Taxpayer Money – My view from the field
Mitigation Planning – can significantly reduce the damage caused by storms as well as decrease the money and heartache spent post storm both of which are precious. The states that…
The Cost of Global Natural Disasters Grows to Over $300 Billion in 2017
Swiss Re a leading global insurer based in Zurich Switzerland estimated that global economic losses from natural and man-made disasters like hurricanes and wildfires totaled $306 billion in 2017. That…
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Recollections from my time in Hurricane Harvey – 4 day up the creek – John Minor – Flood Plain Manager
The saying goes, “not all heroes wear capes.” Some of them wear khakis, collars and show up when the wolf growls at the door. Our very own John Minor here…
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Historic Southeastern Louisiana Flooding
Baton Rouge, LA If you live in southeastern Louisiana, a fishing boat is quite the useful asset right about now. Following this historic and tragic flooding event, locals continue to…
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Houston Floods…again
Flooding is a form of natural disaster that affects many parts of the country regularly, as I know very well having worked hundreds of flood claims throughout, and few of…
We are not in Kansas anymore, Toto! – Pensacola Tornados
We are not in Kansas anymore, Toto! – Southeast Tornadoes: Pensacola, FL With the recent weather in Pensacola, I have been reminded that we can have severe weather down south…
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Appraisal Provision in Homeowners & Commercial Policies – Perspective by John Minor, Appraiser, Umpire
Appraisal Provision in Homeowners & Commercial Policies Appraisal has been around at least since 1888 in Scottish Union & National Insurance Company v Clancy but remains a lesser-known method of…
Insurance Appraisal in Today's World
This article discusses changes being considered for the appraisal process under Florida Senate Bill 336. It also discusses rules currently in place in Colorado under the Dora Act and licensing by the Louisiana Department of Insurance.
Property Claims Appraisal/ Umpire Licensure – Florida Senate Bill 336
It appears we may just finally have some some more Wyatt Earp in place of Billy the Kid in the appraisal industry. Gentlemen and Ladies, check your guns at the…
Coastal Construction & The Rising Costs or Flooding
Coastal Building – Best PracticesWith sea levels rising by some reports an inch per decade and the prediction of stronger hurricanes, today’s aging building stock is at risk. In addition…
La. Supreme Court Decision – Attached – John Minor, Expert – Hurricane Gustav V Construction Defect
John Minor of Complete, Inc. was asked to review the damages to the above referenced property after being referred by a La. General Contractor. The residence appeared to be of high quality built on a golf course at the Point in S. Louisiana.
