FL CFO Jimmy Patronis encourages those impacted by the storms to call his office before hiring outside help if they are having issues with property insurance claims.
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Decades of hard work, and a lifetime of memories…tossed to the curb. That’s been Kris Yarborough’s reality since Hurricanes Helene and Milton left her home uninhabitable.
“I don’t ever want to have to go through this again,” she said. “There are so many sleepless nights. I wake up at 3 o’clock in the morning and I’m making lists. ‘Who do I have to call today? Where do I have to go? Do I need to go over to the house and take care of this?’ It’s just been nonstop.”
Yarborough says year after year, she’s continued to pay her rising property and flood insurance premiums, but she is still waiting for her final claims payout from the insurance company as bills pile up.
“The contractors want money …