Florida Property & Casualty Association Chairman Chuck Grimsley recently penned a letter on the importance of fixing Florida's broken no fault automobile insurance system. Read the entire letter here
The following article by FPCA legal counsel Richard Fidei explains how Florida public adjusters are joining to file a lawsuit for a declaratory judgment against the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). The article was published in National Underwriter. Read the entire story here
According to the St. Petersburg Times, Governor Scott's shift of emergency management authority has changed very little. Read the entire story here
According to the Tampa Tribune, high coastal exposure to hurricanes is one reason Florida has the highest property-insurance rates in the country. Read the entire story here
As published in the Suncoast News, "sinkhole claims continue to frustrate state lawmakers trying to contain fraud and staggering losses the past five years or so. Now some legislators are contemplating essentially doing away with full insurance coverage for sinkhole damage. Only a catastrophic ground collapse that renders a house uninhabitable would be covered." Read [...]