Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) engaged in extensive communications campaigns both before, during and after Hermine and Matthew–the two hurricanes that impacted Florida this year. In their meeting yesterday, December 1, 2016, Citizens’ Consumer Services Committee members were …

  Florida Appeals Court Reverses in Favor of Homeowner in Insurance Claim Case The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Insurance Companies should not deny coverage for Property Damage just because it had more than one concurrent cause, as long …

  In an opinion on John Robert Sebo, et al. v. American Home Assurance Company, Inc. published today, December 1, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court quashed an earlier decision in the case on the ground that it expressly and directly …

  Citizens Assesses Hurricane Response as 2016 Season Comes to a Close Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 …

  Nelson, Rubio praise decision to move hurricane planes to Lakeland Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio praised a decision that will keep the federal government’s “Hurricane Hunters” fleet in Florida, though MacDill lost out to Lakeland on a …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation advised that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier will be in St. Augustine, Florida on Friday, December 2, 2016 to host a roundtable discussion focused on the 2016 …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) will be issuing a new Request for Information for new independent adjusting firms after those with which the State-run insurer had been contracting failed to provide reliable catastrophe response after Hurricanes Hermine and …

  Florida Senate President Joe Negron (R-Stuart) announced today, November 29, 2016, that he has appointed Senator Wilton Simpson (R-Trilby) as Senate Majority Leader and Senator Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland) as Deputy Majority Leader for Florida’s 2016-2018 state legislative term. “Wilton …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) advised this morning, November 29, 2016, that it has filed a Notice of Appeal with the First District Court of Appeal in the Fee v. National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”)/OIR court …

  Reinsurance Saved Florida From Catastrophic Losses Reinsurance saved Florida from Catastrophic Losses. While this year’s storms Hermine and Matthew brought an end to the State’s decade-long hurricane drought, they easily could have been stronger or cut a more destructive …