The Florida Legislature ended its special session on property insurance Wednesday afternoon (May 25, 2022) passing a series of reforms addressing the dire escalating issues in the Florida’s homeowners insurance marketplace. They also included …
The Florida Legislature ended its special session on property insurance Wednesday afternoon (May 25, 2022) passing a series of reforms addressing the dire escalating issues in the Florida’s homeowners insurance marketplace. They also …
The Florida Legislature this morning begins its week-long special session focused entirely on addressing the dire escalating issues in our property insurance market. Initially sparked by laser-focused …
The Florida Legislature this morning begins its week-long special session focused entirely on addressing the dire escalating issues in our property insurance market. Initially sparked by laser-focused Senator Jeff Brandes and formally called by Governor …
A South Florida foreclosure lawsuit in federal court serves as a reminder for those of us in the property insurance business of what we’re dealing with in litigation and attorney fees where a fee multiplier …
Many in Florida’s insurance industry say further consumer reforms wouldn’t be complete without tackling another cost-driver that didn’t make it into SB 76: attorney contingency fee multipliers. Further proof came last week when an appeals …
Greater clarity came this week from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) via Florida Commissioner David Altmaier: Florida has 8% of all homeowners’ claims in the U.S., yet 76% of all homeowners’ claims lawsuits. Boom.
In a letter to …
The Florida legislature is steeped in tradition but this session is a stark departure from tradition thanks to COVID-19. Topics include the resulting $2 billion shortfall in the budget with …
As we begin 2021, most of our readers and our eyes will be focused on this year’s Florida Legislature. The first of five weeks of committee weeks begin a week from today, leading to the start …
The first bills of the 2021 Florida legislative session have been filed, as we near the start of committee weeks on January 11 leading to the beginning of session on March 2. They include two insurance bills, …
