Florida is considered one of the worst states in the country for exposure to bad faith litigation. Florida law doesn’t require claimants who are not the policyholder to send a demand or clearly state the amount of money to achieve a fair settlement. This absence of clear rules to satisfy a demand has enabled trial…
Creating a competitive and stable insurance market will help consumers find the best options at the best rates. We must continue initiatives like reducing the size and exposure of Citizens Property Insurance, reforming Florida’s Catastrophe Fund, spreading risk, reducing fraud claims and allowing for creative solutions for the issues homeowners and businesses face. Read what…
During his 57 years in Congress, longtime U.S. Sen. Carl Hayden, R-Ariz., often related what a colleague in the U.S. House told him after he gave his maiden speech. “If you want to get ahead here, you have to be a work horse and not a show horse,” a congressman told Hayden and the Arizona…
Fla GOP Chair: We want winner-take-all Mar 15 prez primary Thursday, February 26, 2015 State Rep. Blaise Ingoglia, the new chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, paid a visit this week to the Miami Young Republicans to rally their support and answer their questions about the party’s future. One of them was whether the…
Feb 27, 7:11 PM EST Judge: Taxpayers should pay legal bills for former speaker By WILLIAM MARCH Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Taxpayers should foot the legal bills a disgraced former state House speaker paid to defend himself against corruption charges that were later dropped, a Florida judge said Friday. Leon County Circuit Judge…
Bush Campaign’s Demand for Fidelity Ruffles Some Republican Rivals By MICHAEL BARBARO and MAGGIE HABERMANFEB. 26, 2015 The prestigious consulting firm, known for its close ties to Gov. Rick Perry of Texas, was orchestrating an extensive effort to remake his image and prepare him for the 2016 presidential campaign. But that was no deterrent for…
Two Northeast Florida Republican state legislators have given up their safe state House seats to compete for Senate District 6, which was recently vacated by long-time regional power broker and newly installed Florida State University President John Thrasher. State Rep. Ronald “Doc” Renuart, R-Ponte Vedra Beach, and Rep. Travis Hutson, R-Elkton, have well-staffed campaigns and…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has approved the removal of up to 78,897 personal residential policies and 500 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) by the following four companies: · First Community Insurance Company ‒ approved to remove up to 12,897 personal residential PLA policies · …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2015 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has eliminated early the last of a series of emergency assessments on property insurance policyholders in Florida used to pay off claims from the eight hurricanes of 2004-2005. The Office today issued an Order to the Citizens Property…
Flimflam Florida. The phrase rolls so easily off the tongue. Too easily, given new national statistics that show — right down to the metro area — that Florida remains by far the fraud capital of the United States. The state should be careful, lest it becomes Florida’s involuntary brand. Fourteen of the 50 U.S. metro…