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It’s the first day of hurricane season and insurance agents have their fingers crossed. They also have a seat smack dab in the middle of the state’s emergency operation center. Sam Miller, the Vice President of the Florida Insurance Council sits there. Miller says being in the EOC when a hurricane hits allows him to send adjusters to the hardest hit areas, quicker. And of course the faster an adjuster see the damage, the sooner customers get their claims paid.

“It’s aimed at getting insurance claims handled as quickly as possible, getting adjusters in to damaged areas as quickly as possible,” said Miller.

The industry began requesting a spot at the EOC after Hurricane Andrew. In the aftermath of that storm adjusters were sometimes kept from viewing the damage for weeks. And people who had their houses destroyed had to wait longer to begin rebuilding.