Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Miami Herald Editorial:  Storm warning —  Prop up insurance Most Floridians haven’t had much reason to worry about windstorm insurance lately — out of sight, out of …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   UF model tests hurricane resilience A new kind of computer forecast could save Florida, its residents and businesses millions of dollars in hurricane damages to the fragile web …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Editorial: Groundhog Day in Florida An addendum to the fiscal forecast shows that the state’s Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is about $7 billion short of meeting its maximum legal …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Insurers Join Call for Review of Florida’s Insurance Mitigation Discounts The arbitrary assignment of premium discounts for certain mitigation features without regard to insurance companies’ base rates …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Insurers facing losses in state Despite Florida’s storm-free hurricane season, the state’s property insurance market remains on unsteady ground and may need to be bolstered by rate increases, …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Fla. insurance chief: Rate increases may be needed Florida’s insurance commissioner says companies offering hurricane coverage may need rate increases due to underwriting losses although the state hasn’t …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State-run hurricane protection program’s value questioned The state-run hurricane mitigation program, My Safe Florida Home, has been defunct for nearly three months.   Demotech Issues September Florida Property …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Associated Industries: Amend stimulus to help our homes During this time of year, Floridians know to monitor the weather reports carefully in light of the risks from hurricanes …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Above:  (Associated Press Photo) George LeMieux arrives at the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., today, accompanied by his wife, Meike, and sons Max, Taylor and Chase.   …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Consumer Action Network:  Tax would hit insured hard Florida and the Gulf Coast were hit hard by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005. Together, this terrible …