Recently, I attended another Hurricane Ian insurance village where almost 20 insurance companies gathered to offer personal service to those with claims. I attend as often as I can to work with the media, listen to consumers and lend a …
The co-owners of a Ft. Myers roofing company have pled guilty to a $1.4 million tax evasion, DFS announces five arrests in a $1.3 million insurance fraud scheme, plus the latest legal ruling on Assignment …
Florida is in store for a whopping 76% increase in homeowners insurance premiums in 2023 over last year, insurance regulators approve an emergency assessment on almost all Florida insurance policies to pay for the most recent carrier …
Just a few days before Hurricane Ian struck, the sixth Florida homeowners insurance company this year was declared insolvent by regulators. Meanwhile Richie Kidwell and his Air Quality Assessors lose another AOB case in court, while …
I was in Southwest Florida this past week visiting the two insurance villages, among other places. Rather than describe what I heard, I will let 71 year old Craig Stafford tell you in this short video:
Thank goodness for those …
Just prior to this special session week, the Restoration Association of Florida (RAF) filed a lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier and two insurance companies over policy form changes that it says unjustly deny homeowners the right …
As we said, so far, the additional needed insurance consumer protection reforms haven’t been filed yet in the Florida Legislature, but new data supports that they are needed now more than ever. A look at …
When the Florida Legislature passed Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform in 2019, we knew that it would take a couple of years to flush the court system of questionable lawsuits that the reform targeted. A recent …
With the tropics heating up as we head into the heart of hurricane season next month, Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate has issued a timely reminder to consumers and the industry about …
A pair of Miami women have been arrested for posing as public adjusters and filing false insurance claims, in a two-year long sting operation run by the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS) and Citizens Property …
