Southwest Florida Hurricane Insurance Claim Lawyers

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Get The Hurricane Damage Claim Attorneys at Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz Working On Your Claim Right Away

Often times insurance companies will deny hurricane damage claims – so they can avoid paying legitimate claims.  If that doesn’t work – they typically make low-ball offers.  These insurance companies are hoping desperate property owners will jump at any offer.

Our experienced team of Southwest Florida Hurricane Insurance Claim Lawyers will fight your insurance company to get you a full and fair settlement for any hurricane wind, flood, or storm surge damages you are suffering.

The insurance companies are already working on your file.  Get our team of hurricane damage attorneys working on your claim right away – so you can get what you deserve.  Attorney Richard L. Purtz was a previous insurance adjuster and knows the tricks that insurance companies use to deny or belittle your claim. Using his experience in your case can help you get what you are deserve.

Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz continues to receive high ratings from other attorneys through the Martindale-Hubbell peer review system, are board certified through the state of Florida and have over 200 5-star reviews on Google from past clients.

When you hire Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz to work your hurricane insurance denial, you are hiring a law firm that stands up for the community of Southwest Florida. 

Five Hurricane Categories  

With hurricanes, heavy winds and rains that move through communities and tear them apart without any discrimination. Hurricanes can tear out streets, roofs of houses, they can down power lines and uproot trees as well as completely destroy traffic lights.

The amount of damage that we see in a hurricane depends upon what the category of the hurricane is. Here is an outline of each of the five categories of hurricanes and what they typically entail:

Category 1 Hurricanes: These hurricanes will bring heavy damage to roofs and siding can tear shingles and gutters off of buildings and houses. The gusts of wind often are above 74 mph. Trees can snap, and routes can be blown over. Powerlines and potholes can also be damaged resulting in power outages.

Category 2 Hurricanes: These storms have wind gusts that are above 96 miles an hour and can cause major damage to properties. There will be severe damage to trees and power lines causing outages.

Category 3 Hurricanes: The storms have wind gusts that are above 111 mph and these storms will cause severe damage to trees that are deeply rooted and almost always cause issues with electricity and water supply.

Category 4 Hurricanes: The storms will have wind gusts of over 131 mph. They almost always cause severe damages to homes and buildings. Trees almost always are snapped and uprooted, and powerline poles can come down completely. Because of the nature of these storms rescue workers can have a hard time reaching residential places.

Category 5 Hurricanes: These hurricanes have wind gusts that go above 155 mph and they are considered to be the most dangerous hurricanes. There have only been three category five hurricanes To make landfall in the United States in recorded history. These hurricanes can destroy even the best built homes. Structures can completely collapse, and roofs can come completely off. This is more than shingles or siding pulling off of the house. It is deep property damage. Even the most deeply rooted of trees can be ripped from the earth and turned into projectiles.

When you are facing property damage after any category of hurricane or even strong tropical storms please get in touch with our Southwest Florida hurricane insurance claim lawyers today.

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Do This After a Hurricane

Sadly, even if you do all of the right things to protect your property before a hurricane or tropical storm comes through you were going to end up with some type of damage. If you suffer damage to your house or your business after a storm you need to make sure that you do certain things to handle your insurance claim properly:

I need to make sure that you properly cover all of your property damage to prevent water from getting in and causing even more damage. You can use a tarp to accomplish this. We strongly advise this action being taken because the insurance company Will use any reasoning to avoid following through on paying you for your damages. If they say that the damage to your property worsened after the storm happened, then they could say that you were to blame, and they will deny you from your claim.

Make sure you document everything possible. You want to make sure you take photos and videos. Do it from all four sides of your house inside and out get as much of the roof as you can. Your yard is also going to be important to take photos of. You can’t take too many. you want every single room photographed from various angles. You can also photograph individual items in the house. When you have all of this evidence, we can use that to prove the losses that you’ve suffered and why you are filing your claim to begin with. You can also keep a log of written inventory of property that was damaged while you were taking photos. This is all going to make your case stronger.

Make sure you file your claim right away. You don’t want to delay filing your insurance claim.

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Call Our Southwest Florida Hurricane Insurance Claim Lawyers

If your house or your business has had significant damage from the hurricane and your insurance company is not holding to your contract with them, please call our Southwest Florida hurricane insurance claim lawyers right away. We have the skill set and knowledge needed to handle these cases successfully and provide you with the results that you need. We only get paid if we get a successful result for your case, so you never have to worry about upfront costs. Get started today and give us a call.