January 16, 2024, WFTS-TV ABC Action News Tampa – Lisa Miller is Florida’s former Deputy Insurance Commissioner. She is spending many days in Tallahassee this session pushing for bills to lower rates. “I don’t think we can wait on this,” …
Year: 2024
Citizens Insurance for all? Florida lawmaker says yes but insurance insiders say idea is too risky
January 10, 2024, South Florida Sun Sentinel – “If there’s a perception by some lawmakers that private insurance companies are not writing wind policies in the state, they are mistaken,” Miller said by email. “Florida has 7.5 million property insurance …
You want Florida lawmakers to lower property insurance rates. Why that likely won’t happen
January 9, 2024, WKMG-TV News 6, Orlando – Miller says providing more reinsurance to insurance companies will do much to stabilize the Florida markets because Florida’s reinsurance fund is unique and cheaper. “The reinsurance piece of this is the piece …
Florida homes with roofs built after 2015 could be more likely to survive major hurricanes: FEMA report
January 4, 2024, WTVT-TV Fox 13, Tampa – “The Florida Building Code is the strongest in the nation,” said Lisa Miller, the former deputy insurance commissioner of Florida. “It’s so devastating to go through a hurricane claim when the winds …
‘It’s really a crisis:’ Florida state leaders unpack rising homeowners insurance costs
January 3, 2024, WTVT-TV Fox 13, Tampa – “Some legislators think they’ve done enough, and they want to see if these changes are working. But in the meantime, Floridians are hurting,” Lisa Miller says. “And I just don’t think we …
The Path to Homeowners Rate Relief Now
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in his recently proposed budget for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, included two of the five steps needed to lower homeowners insurance rates in Florida:
- A one-year exemption of the premium tax that insurance companies would issue