For 18 months, the patched roofs leaked at the Park Place condo complex while the board of directors tried to get its insurance company to fix the damage caused by Hurricane Wilma.
Southern Family Insurance had offered the Pembroke Pines association only $160,000, according to the public insurance adjuster for the 1,028-unit complex. On Friday, the board’s battle paid off. It received a check for almost $8 million from the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association, the state-created agency that handles claims for insolvent insurance companies,.
“I’m overwhelmed,” said Andy Fuxa, president of Sunrise-based Epic Group Public Adjusters. “It was a 1 ½-year nightmare. Almost 18 months ago, we demanded the money and we got almost what we claimed. It was a happy ending.”
And it shows the value of persistence, he said.