Fla. Finance Office Forms Task Force on Citizens’ Claims Handling and Resolution

May 22, 2007

In an ongoing effort to improve Citizens’ policyholder and applicant services, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced appointees to the legislatively-created Task Force on Citizens Property Insurance Claims Handling and Resolution.

The first meeting took place Monday at the Citizens Claims Center in Jacksonville.

“It is essential that we operate Citizens like a business and improve customer service for Citizens policyholders,” Sink said.

The Citizens task force was created by House Bill 1A during the 2007 special session of the Florida Legislature. The task force is composed of four full members, with one appointment each by the Governor, Chief Financial Officer, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House. There are three ex-officio voting members: the Insurance Commissioner, Insurance Consumer Advocate and Executive Director of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., or their designees.

Specifically, the committee is directed to develop recommendations for Citizens to complete claims remaining from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons. A report is due to the Governor, Chief Financial Officer, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House by July 1. The task force is additionally charged with evaluating Citizens’ procedures on claims handling, claims resolution and customer service, with a final report and recommendations due July 1, 2008.

Source: Florida Department of Financial Services

Topics Florida Claims

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  • May 22, 2007 at 6:35 am
    Michael says:
    Tom only missed one item - Pay taxes as well. This is the only tax exempt ins. co. in the state. Even then they can\'t get it right. I wish I had a 36% head start.
  • May 22, 2007 at 6:00 am
    GTLAW says:
    I wonder if they have a Catastrophe Plan in place and have enough qualified CAT TEAM Adjusters to handle a basic CAT 1 or CAT 2 coastal storm (i.e. Pinellas County)
  • May 22, 2007 at 1:06 am
    Mike says:
    I believe Tom covered the issues very precise and accurately. What more could be said, except maybe that the constant issue of too many claims and no one to work them. And tha... read more

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