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Hurricane Ian, a massive and powerful Category 4 storm, made landfall on the gulf coast of Florida on Wednesday. With unprecedented storm surge of 12 to 18 feet and winds around 150 miles per hour,…
From AMWINS:
The escalation in strength and frequency of named storms combined with the increase in property values in Florida over the past 20 years have culminated in substantially higher…
From Insurance Journal:
The hearing also brought up other sobering information.
Jerry Theodorou, director of the finance, insurance and trade policy program at R Street, a think tank that has…
Testimony from Jerry Theodorou, Policy Director, Finance, Insurance and Trade Policy at the R Street Institute at the Florida Special Legislative Session on Property Insurance on May 25,…
Florida’s homeowners insurance market is in a perilous, precarious position. Florida has not been struck by a hurricane since 2018, yet there have been seven Florida insurer insolvencies in the…
From The Capitolist:
Any residual resistance from Sprowls toward more drastic action right now can be directly laid at the feet of insurance company advocates who promised that last year’s…
From Tampa Bay Business Journal:
Florida property insurance companies reported $117.5 in losses and expenses for every $100 in premiums received between 2016 and 2019, according to the R Street…
From The Capitolist:
On average, insurance companies across the nation pay out an average of $100.70 on every $100 of premiums they take in. While that may sound like a financial loser for the…
If the Florida homeowners’ insurance market were in a medical exam, the diagnosis would find the patient in dangerously poor condition. The patient’s vital signs—its financial results—are…
Testimony from:
Matthew Germer, Elections Fellow, R Street Institute
In OPPOSITION to SB 524, “AN ACT relating to election administration.”
February 8, 2022
Speaker Sprowls, President…