Zac Anderson, Herald Tribune SARASOTA COUNTY – The race includes a 21-year-old who just graduated from college last month and two 71-year-old candidates who first won elected office in Sarasota County in the 1990s. There’s a former sheriff’s deputy, a lawyer, a college professor, a financial advisor, a real estate professional and a former teacher.…
Sarasota News Press Note to readers: Casey Logan, a business reporter for The News-Press, didn’t know much about homeowners insurance until recently, because it was a subject he had never covered. He did lots of research, in an effort to provide insights heading into the 2016 hurricane season. There’s so much information out there about insurance, it’s…
Casey Logan, Sarasota News Press Randolph and Edith Geslani had good news recently about their spacious home on the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers Shores. The physician and his wife have seen their insurance rates fluctuate over the years on the home they’ve owned since early 1990s. Although they’ve filed no claims, the price of insuring…
By Charles Elmore – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer MIAMI — On the first day of hurricane season, Florida’s new insurance commissioner David Altmaier described the state’s insurance market as “more stable and competitive” than it has been in more than a decade, even as officials acknowledged continuing challenges. Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater…
By John Kennedy – Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Five years after Gov. Rick Scott scaled back Florida’s growth laws, massive development projects are underway across the state, boosting employment and tax collections but also sparking fears of traffic-choked roads and environmental calamities. Palm Beach County’s unincorporated western area is the site of…
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund May 2016 Estimated Claims-Paying Capacity STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION Estimated Capacity NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the State Board of Administration of Florida (the “Board”) of the estimated borrowing capacity, estimated claims-paying capacity, and projected balance of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2016, in compliance with…
National Association of Insurance Commissioners June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season. Now is the time for residents and homeowners that could be in the path of the storm to make preparations for damages. There is still time to take several simple steps that could make filing an insurance claim after a storm easier.…
Orlando Sentinel May 22, 2016 TALLAHASSEE — Insurance regulators are preparing for an appeals-court battle with State Farm Florida after a circuit judge blocked the release of information about the company’s property-insurance policies. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation filed a notice of appeal last week after Leon Circuit Judge James Hankinson prevented the release…
The state plans to undertake a study that would determine what would happen if Florida’s no-fault auto insurance program is scrapped. According to a request for proposals posted by the Office of Insurance Regulation, the study is expected to find “the potential impact to Floridians if the personal injury protection coverage requirements were repealed and…