Plus hurricane conference news
There’s some startling statistics out of the recent National Hurricane Conference in Orlando; tens of thousands of homeowners required to have flood insurance don’t; and new enhanced pre-disaster mitigation funding is moving through Congress. Plus, FEMA’s …
Recap of Week 9: End of 2021 Session
The Florida Legislature saved the two biggest insurance issues of the session to the last day on Friday: property insurance and no-fault auto insurance reform. Both passed and there were certainly compromises …
Recap of Week 9: End of 2021 Session
The Florida Legislature saved the two biggest insurance issues of the session to the last day on Friday: property insurance and no-fault auto insurance reform. Both passed and there were certainly compromises …
Recap of Week 8 & Preview of Week 9 of Session
The Florida Legislature today begins the final week of its 60-day regular session. Budget negotiations that extended into this past weekend report good progress reaching agreement on what is …
Recap of Week 7 & Preview of Week 8 of Session
This past week saw no movement on the major property insurance initiatives to re-balance the market and increase consumer protections from those who prey on unsuspecting policyholders in litigation …
Recap of Week 6 & Preview of Week 7 of Session
Last week, the Florida Legislature made significant progress on bills dealing with resiliency, property insurance, and the appropriations process. The Governor has on his desk the legislature’s bill SB …
Recap of Week 5 & Preview of Week 6 of Session
We are now officially past the halfway point of the Florida legislative session, with another four weeks to go in this session that’s scheduled to end on April 30. …
Recap of Week 4 & Preview of Week 5 of Session
The Florida legislative session is typically 9 weeks of “hurry up and wait” and this year is a lot of waiting. We are unable to freely go in and …
Recap of Week 3 & Preview of Week 4 of Session
This past week saw an offensive by opponents to two bills that together, seek to cure the most serious ailments and abuses in Florida’s homeowners property insurance market. Look …
Recap of Week 2 & Preview of Week 3 of Session

Property insurance reforms, including combating insurance fraud, continue to make good progress in the Florida Legislature as we enter the third week of the nine-week session. Lawmakers are also …