Florida's top financial officer said Tuesday that creating a “stress test” will help instill public confidence in the smaller insurers that have come to dominate Florida's property insurance market. Read the entire story here
As reported by the Tampa Bay Times, “Gov. Rick Scott's office confirms that it sought to recruit a Louisiana insurance official as a possible replacement for Florida insurance regulator Kevin McCarty before Scott publicly suggested last week that McCarty be replaced.” Read the entire story here
FPCA Executive Director William Stander drafted this opinion piece in a response to a Dec. 5 article in the Palm Beach Post regarding Florida's insurance market. Read the entire letter here
If Florida’s insurance industry was looking for any certainty about the results of the looming governor’s race between Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist, they didn’t find it after last week’s gubernatorial debate, which almost did not happen due to Crist’s use of an electric fan. The race between Scott and Crist has [...]
FPCA Executive Director William Stander drafted this opinion piece in a response to a Sept. 9th column in the Sun-Sentinel newspaper regarding the Citizens Insurance take-outs. Read the entire story here
As reported by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, "Florida property insurance companies are on notice that more significant rate reductions are expected next year, the state's chief financial officer said Wednesday during a visit to Sarasota." Read the entire story here
The group that represents state trial lawyers used a dizzying array of committees to spend roughly $530,000 in a handful of hotly contested GOP primaries, losing in each. Read entire story here
An Orlando woman claims the restoration company she hired to put her life back together after a flood wrecked her home instead, and she's been living without a kitchen for a year and a half. Read the entire story here
As reported by the Sun-Sentinel, Simple questions sometimes provide great food for thought. Especially when dealing with complex issues, like Florida's windstorm insurance situation and state-run Citizens Property Insurance. Read the entire story here
As reported by the Tampa Bay Times, Former Gov. Charlie Crist wants his old job back because he wants Florida back. And it shouldn’t be a surprise he switched parties to try to do it. Read the entire story here