Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink issued an emergency rule prohibiting public insurance adjusters from collecting fees on contracts with policyholders whose homes were destroyed earlier this month by tornadoes if there is no dispute with the insurance company that …
It became clear as workers dug through rubble and collected the dead: All 20 victims of the tornadoes that tore through central Florida last week had lived in mobile homes. Some are now urging the U.S. state to spend more …
A Florida emergency insurance rule to aid victims of recent tornadoes has insurance companies and agents concerned because it affects some cancellations and non-renewals issued prior to those storms. On Feb. 2, Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty filed an emergency order …
Louisiana state senators say they will ask Congress to have the federal government insure homes against hurricane damage, as it does for floods. “Y’all won’t sell it, so why not get the federal government to do it?” Sen. James David …
Gov. Charlie Crist talked with Citizens Property Insurance Corporation catastrophe response employees Tuesday at one of four Emergency Operations Centers serving Central Florida residents affected by tornadoes and high winds that swept through the area Feb. 2. “He (Crist) was …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an emergency order prohibiting insurance companies from canceling personal lines insurance policies for residents affected by last week’s tornadoes in central Florida. The order also prohibits insurers from canceling or non-renewing a policy solely …
Officials in central Florida resumed search and rescue operations amid more thunderstorms Saturday, a day after powerful tornados killed at least 20 people and left a swath of central Florida in shambles. Violent thunderstorms struck with little warning early Friday, …
Gov. Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency in four Florida counties in response to overnight tornadoes and severe weather in Central Florida. Sumter, Lake, Volusia and Seminole Counties re under the governor’s declaration. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink …
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco kicked off a three-day insurance outreach mission Jan. 29 in San Francisco, part of her continuing efforts to bring affordable insurance home to Louisiana, the governor’s office announced. “We in Louisiana have made great strides …
Now that the Florida Legislature has passed a bill that lawmakers say will address the state’s insurance problems, Gov. Charlie Crist and legislative leaders said Thursday their attention will be on pushing for a national catastrophe fund. Crist plans to …