LMA In The News

Buck Passed

What. Property insurance legislation vetoed by governor again.
Issue. Did bad politics trump good policy?
Impact. New capital gets scarce, more companies unable to pay claims and Citizens takes on more policies.

In the wake of Gov. Charlie Crist’s June …

The Future of Legislative Advocacy

In today’s fast-paced world, we spend our lives making sure we respond to e-mails, voicemails, memos and other demands for information. we speed dial, do canned letters and notes to cut down on the time it takes us to keep …

Insurer remains, but some policies will not

In a major turnabout for the property-insurance market, State Farm Florida said Wednesday it will continue doing business in the state — though it will drop 125,000 residential policies and raise rates.

State Farm and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced …

Prepare to pay more for Florida Home Insurance

Seven major Florida property insurers are asking to increase home insurance rates – from 8 percent to 15 percent – within the next year despite several years without serious storms.

The insurers, who are among the top 25 largest home …

Mobile Homes, Mobile Market

As we enter the last half of the 2009 hurricane season, the state of Florida has a significant number of mobile homes/manufactured housing at risk. A U.S. Census Bureau report titled Structural and Occupancy Characteristics of Housing: 2000, notes that …

Lobbyists Earn Professional Designation

The 5th Annual FAPL Conference has come and gone but results of surveys showed that the topics, speakers, location, and the conference in general was a huge success and if you did not attend, be assured you were missed!

At …