Hurricane Ian still exposing fraud
An unlicensed Naples contractor pleads guilty to defrauding an elderly woman out of $1.2 million following Hurricane Ian, a Broward public adjuster is arrested for stealing $600,000 from Hurricane Ian victims and spending it at …
It was a true privilege to attend the recent gathering in Orlando hosted by the Independent Insurance Agents of Central Florida, featuring a fireside chat with Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky. Commissioner Yaworsky brought a rare combination of transparency, energy, …
McCarty & Petrelli weigh-in
For those of you that follow Florida’s legislative activity, you will recall our weekly legislative updates from March to May 2025 and how incredibly contentious the relationship was between the Governor’s office and the Florida House …
The inconvenient truth
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky is disputing a recent academic report that claims Florida’s property insurance market is full of “low quality insurers,” especially those Florida-based companies that write the bulk of the 7.5 million homeowners and …
It’s been a tough legislative session. As many of you know, I do my best to educate legislators about why it makes sense to keep the market as a whole in perspective – from policyholders, to reinsurers, to investors, to …
Sixth week of legislative committee meetings
The Florida Legislature wrapped up its last committee week this past week in preparation for the 2020 legislative session. Lawmakers will return to Tallahassee to begin their regular session on January 14 (which will …