Tampa Bay Times TALLAHASSEE — Ten years ago, David Altmaier was coaching track and teaching algebra to 9th graders in southern Kentucky. Now at age 34, he is becoming the top insurance regulator in the nation’s most complicated market. On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott and the three other members of the Florida Cabinet settled…
By Steve Bousquet Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Politics and the regulation of your insurance coverage is a dangerous mix in Florida. This maxim takes on new relevance as the state braces for another hurricane season in just a few weeks (the first named storm is “Alex”). Winds of change are swirling in Tallahassee. Florida needs an…
Insurance-related concerns reacted with cautious optimism to Friday’s naming of David Altmaier as Florida’s new Insurance Commissioner. “The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida is committed to working with the new commissioner to increase the health and stability of the property and casualty insurance market in Florida,’’ Executive Director Michael Carlson said in a statement. The…