How are Florida industry officials responding to Gov. Crist's criticism?
Cecil Pearce, American Insurance Association vice president says he understands the pressure Florida's elected officials are under to ameliorate the effects of high insurance prices on residents, "and we want to work cooperatively with the governor and other elected officials on a long-term solution that all parties can support Robert P. Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute was less diplomatic; he says "The governor's feistiness seems to have morphed into an unwarranted cockiness that he will soon regret." While the governor is bashing insurance companies, "Mother Nature is prepared to deliver a financial comeuppance to the state."
National Catastrophe Fund Gains Congressional Support ... But Is It Enough?
Fla. Plaintiffs Settle with State Farm on Hurricane Damaged Screen Enclosures
A Broward County Court has approved a class action settlement on behalf of more than 12,000 State Farm Insurance policyholders in Florida who will receive 100 percent of the damages they requested in a $6.8 million settlement of claims filed last year in which they alleged the insurer refused to pay replacement costs of screen enclosures damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma, attorneys for the plaintiffs announced. Read more....
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