A roofing company and its owner are in trouble with Florida’s Attorney General for allegedly violating a series of recent legislatively-created insurance consumer protection reforms; a lawyer in the know …
Two weeks from today, Florida lawmakers return for two back-to-back weeks of committee meetings, part of the 2026 legislative session that begins on January 13. We know there will be another attempt to roll back the 2022 & 2023 insurance …
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 …
Florida workers’ compensation insurance rates are poised to fall again for the ninth consecutive year, suggested solutions are offered to make plaintiff attorneys reveal their fees in property insurance claims payouts, …
Consumer insurance reforms are credited for Florida’s declining auto insurance rates, regulators push for dollar amounts of attorney fees in claim settlements, Citizens defends its alternative dispute resolution process, plus a new …
In our recent reporting of the latest Property Insurance Stability Report by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), we noticed that although OIR provided county-by-county average homeowners and condo unit premiums, there was no statewide average shown. So we …
Florida’s new Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia begins his second full week in office today with a vow to “work hard for taxpayers and consumers,” following his appointment by Governor DeSantis. Most recently a Republican state senator from Spring Hill …
In our mid-June newsletter, we reported that more than 90% of Hurricane Helene and Milton claims were now closed, with 56% of Helene residential claims closed without payment, and about 43% of Milton …
Gallagher Re says Florida’s recent legislative reforms led to more available and affordable reinsurance this hurricane season, new hurricane models are making their debut, plus a survey finds a sizeable number of …
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has gone from “optimistic” in January to “confident” today about the impact of the 2019-2023 property insurance reforms passed by the Florida legislature and the positive …
