Bill aimed at South Florida water damage claims targets contractors, lawyers A Florida House panel on Monday passed the latest attempt to turn off the faucet on what insurers say are costly and growing abuses,...
Citizens Releases Analysis of Increasing Florida Water Loss Costs Water loss claims, exacerbated by assignment of benefits, are driving higher rates in South Florida and increasingly across the state, according to a...
Florida’s search for new insurance chief a priority for Rick Scott, Cabinet Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet plan to replace the departing insurance commissioner through a nationwide search, which they...
A detailed analysis conducted by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) for state insurance regulators has concluded that water loss claims, exacerbated by assignment of benefits...
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance drops under 500,000 policies Florida’s insurance company of last resort has shrunk to levels it hasn’t seen in more than a decade. The Tampa Bay...
Citing the benefits of a “reinvigorated” private insurance market, affordable reinsurance and favorable weather, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) announced...
Florida Senate Committee Approves Bill to Establish State Insurance Standards for Ride-Share Companies. Colodny Fass’ Katie Webb, lobbyist for the Florida Property & Casualty Association, noted that...
Consumer Federation of the Southeast: Florida Should Maintain Auto Pre-Insurance Inspection For almost 30 years, Florida consumers have been well-protected by a law requiring certain used cars to be inspected...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has released the 2015 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report to the Florida Legislature. The OIR’s analysis shows Florida’s workers’...
Water loss claims changing the math for Citizens Unlike wind coverage rates, which depend on scientific models, determining rates for non-catastrophic losses is relatively straightforward, Florida’s Citizens...