Mold Coverage Forum Slated for Pensacola, Fla.

The Florida Department of Insurance is holding a public forum on Sept. 19, in Pensacola, to obtain public input and hear testimony concerning mold coverage in homeowners’ and commercial residential insurance policies. The forum will provide an opportunity for the public to provide comment and obtain information.

The department announced that to date it has received nearly 209 filings, representing 431 insurance companies, requesting exclusion of mold, or limited coverage of mold, in personal residential, commercial residential and commercial property policies.

The Pensacola forum will be held from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Pensacola Jr. College, Ashmore Auditorium, 1000 College Blvd., in Pensacola.

Forums have also recently been held in Miami, Orlando and Tampa.