Insurance Journal’s Most Noteworthy Topics of 2020: Southeast Region December 29, 2020 By Amy O'Connor It was another busy year for the Southeast region – from Florida’s distressed property insurance market to the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Florida Market Stabilization Critical to Reducing Citizens’ Exposure: Study December 22, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Florida’s fluctuating and volatile private market may be instigating long-term policy growth for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and creating serious...
Citizens to Delay Rate Increases, For Now December 17, 2020 Citing a flood of new policies entering Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and a growing disparity between its rates and rising...
HSCM Bermuda Takes Majority Stake in Florida Insurer Southern Fidelity After Merger November 18, 2020 By Amy O'Connor After a tumultuous year that included double-digit rate increases, an intervention by the state regulator and a merger, Florida-based insurer...
Florida Property Insurance Market Inches Closer to Crisis – Part 2 October 30, 2020 By Amy O'Connor The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is monitoring the state’s property insurance situation that is seen as in a crisis...
Florida Property Insurance Market Inches Closer to Crisis – Part 1 October 29, 2020 By Amy O'Connor After years of warnings that the Florida property insurance market was heading towards an availability crisis, many in the industry...
Judge Finds Strems Guilty of Misconduct; Advises 2-Year Suspension, Probation October 12, 2020 By Amy O'Connor After finding Florida attorney Scot Strems in violation of numerous rules regulated by The Florida Bar last month, the court-appointed...
Florida Homeowners Insurtech TypTap Goes National; Plans Roll-Out in 20 States October 8, 2020 By Amy O'Connor After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance...
Florida Attorney Behind Thousands of Insurer Lawsuits Violated 14 Bar Rules: Judge September 30, 2020 By Amy O'Connor Embattled Florida attorney Scot Strems, who, with his firm, has filed thousands of assignment of benefit and first party lawsuits...
Hurricane Irma’s ‘Last Gasp’: 3-Year Claims Deadline Put to the Test September 10, 2020 By Amy O'Connor It’s been 3 years since Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm, and the trail of...