Florida Cat Fund Has $13 Billion As Hurricane Season Starts May 16, 2014 By Gary Fineout Florida is heading into hurricane season with good news. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in Florida appears...
Surplus Lines Insurers Could Pick Up Citizens Policies Under Senate Bill April 28, 2014 By Gary Fineout Homeowners seeking coverage from Citizens Property Insurance could wind up getting policies from out-of-state insurers that are exempt from many...
Florida Homeowners Insurance ‘Bill of Rights’ Slowed by Fraud Measure March 31, 2014 By Gary Fineout Florida’s chief financial officer went to the Legislature this spring with a simple request: grant additional protections to customers dealing...
Legislative Battle Underway Over 2019 Florida High Court Picks March 28, 2014 By Gary Fineout The future of the Florida Supreme Court is sparking a legislative battle over whether the state’s next governor — or...
Florida Homeowners Market ‘More Competitive,’ McCarty Finds January 27, 2014 By Gary Fineout Homeowner insurance rates are finally coming down in Florida nearly a decade after the last hurricane hit, the state’s insurance...
Report Casts Light on High Cost of Homeowners Insurance in Florida December 19, 2013 By Gary Fineout Floridians are paying the highest homeowner insurance rates in the nation even though the state has not been hit by...
Florida Hurricane Fund Financial Condition As ‘Strong As Ever’ October 17, 2013 By Gary Fineout Florida is ending this year’s storm season with some good news. The state-created fund that backs up private insurers in...
Florida Ban on Texting While Driving Now in Effect October 2, 2013 By Gary Fineout Florida is joining 40 other states in the U.S. where it is illegal to text and drive. The ban is...
Florida’s Citizens Has New Plan to Shift 200,000 Policies to 8 Private Insurers September 22, 2013 By Gary Fineout Florida’s largest insurer could be shifting thousands more of its policyholders away from the state-created company and into private insurance...
Florida’s Citizens Signs with 10 Insurers to Take Nearly 400,000 Policies September 3, 2013 By Gary Fineout Hundreds of thousands of Floridians who rely on Citizens Property Insurance could soon find themselves with a new insurance company....