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Restoration industry intelligence for operators: claims, carriers, consolidation, tech, storms, and the fights over getting paid. Machines do the reading; you get the signal.
Verisk, which owns Xactimate, agreed on July 30, 2025 to buy AccuLynx, the job-management software a large share of roofing contractors run their businesses on, for $2.35 billion.
AB 1795, the Smoke Damage Recovery Act, authored by Assemblymember Mike Gipson with Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, was introduced February 10, 2026, amended five times in the Assembly, passed it, and was amended in the Senate on July 2, 2026.
IICRC and RIA are urging the industry to comment on the 2027 NAICS revision proposing code 624231, Emergency Restoration Services.
Most contractors think about lead as the RRP rule, which governs how you do the work: containment, certified renovator, cleaning verification.
This is the legal floor under summer CAT work, and it cuts both ways.
If you hold an assignment, a direction to pay, or you are the named plaintiff on a Florida collections file, a Proposal for Settlement is the single instrument most likely to turn a winnable claim into a loss.
This is a forward signal rather than a report of something that already happened, which is the whole reason to watch it.
Heat is a labor cost and a compliance cost before it is a demand driver.
The carrier-count number is the one Florida keeps repeating, and it is the number the reform-worked argument rests on when other states debate copying it.
The failure mode worth taking seriously is the second one.
A two-day restoration Sales Booster program is set for Sept 24 to 25 in Texas, one of the fall conference/training signals as CAT season peaks.
NFIP authorization expires September 30, 2026. Six weeks out and no deal reported.
Connecticut's mold remediation certification mandate takes effect October 1, 2026.
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Appraisal, O&P, supplements, TPAs, and the fight over getting paid.
19 storiesThe rulings and statutes that decide what policies actually pay.
14 storiesCarrier exits and comebacks, FAIR plans, NFIP, and the prevention-tech squeeze on claim volume.
15 storiesPE roll-ups, valuations, labor economics, and what independent shops are actually worth.
20 storiesEstimating platforms, AI in claims, Xactimate, and the software land grab.
21 storiesOSHA, EPA, IICRC standards, state licensing, and the compliance load on operators.
18 storiesHurricanes, wildfire, floods, and the demand surges they drive.
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