Given the Tampa Bay Times article and the many questions it’s raised surrounding Florida insurance companies and the role that Managing General Agents (MGAs) play in their operation, I sat down with a veteran Florida …
With the election over (and the Republicans maintaining their supermajority in both chambers) the Florida Legislature’s Organization Session is set for next Tuesday, November 19 in Tallahassee. This is a one-day event, mostly festive, to formally select …
We’re all well acquainted with the idea of inflation – each year the prices go up bit by bit and our buying power goes down. Recently, there has been much discussion surrounding what many in …
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 …
The deluge of lawsuits filed just before the elimination of one-way attorney fees is predicted to be a new threat to Florida’s property insurance market, how to put the field adjusters’ reports controversy into perspective, …
The rush of lawsuits filed in Florida courts to beat the effective date of the new tort reform law has one South Florida court considering staying all new cases, two more Florida …
After Governor DeSantis a week ago Friday signed tort reform bill HB 837 into law, some in the trial bar went into a bit of a meltdown, threatening to play hardball with the insurance industry, whom …
Here’s hoping you had a fabulous spring weekend and are ready to jump in this week. The trending bill among our readers is the tort reform bill, House Bill 837 (see details in Bill Watch) that was signed by …
Signs of a spike in filed lawsuits to get ahead of expected tort reform, the need for a reinsurance bridge to weather this upcoming hurricane season as Citizens Insurance makes a tough reinsurance buy, …
Last week, there were major public policy issues debated in the legislature, including expansion of school vouchers and tort reform. Regarding the tort reform bill, House Judiciary Chair Tommy Gregory and Representative Tom Fabricio led the HB 837 debate on …
