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The Façade of Consumer Protection: How Florida’s Political Leadership Continues to Favor Insurance Companies Over Policyholders — Are Florida’s Politicians in Bed with the Insurance Industry?

Property Insurance Coverage Law

While Jimmy Patronis and Governor DeSantis trumpet their latest emergency rule as consumer protection following the CBS 60 Minutes Expose noted in CBS 60 Minutes Exposes Alleged Insurance Company Fraud: Adjusters Reveal Altered Hurricane Damage Estimates by Claims Management, the reality reveals a different story.

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The Ongoing Issue of Field Adjuster Independence: Why Xactimate and Florida’s Emergency Rule are at Odds with Policyholders’ Interests

Property Insurance Coverage Law

In my recent articles, The Façade of Consumer Protection: How Florida’s Political Leadership Continues to Favor Insurance Companies Over Policyholders — Are Florida’s Politicians in Bed with the Insurance Industry and Florida’s Emergency Ethical Rule Conflicts with Xactimate’s License Agreement – Another Example of Insurance Industry Control in Florida, (..)

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‘Board Certified’ Could Soon be an Advertising Thing for Florida Insurance Lawyers

Insurance Journal

By this time next year, plaintiffs lawyers, who have frequently been held up as thorns in the side of the Florida property insurance industry for their sometimes-aggressive pursuit of policyholder claims litigation, could have a stamp of credibility to brandish …

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Are Home Insurance Consumers Being Duped?

Property Insurance Coverage Law

Note: This guest blog is by Frank Lombard, CPCU, ARM, an independent property/casualty insurance advisor. Not a day passes without reading something about double-digit increases in the cost of home insurance. The insurance industry claims the increases are a result of inflation, climate change, and consumers filing more claims.

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Leveraging Technology to Track and Reduce E&O Claims

American Agents Alliance

E&O claims continue to grow in complexity along with the changing insurance landscape. Technology offers innovative ways to track and reduce E&O claims with robust tools. These technologies have changed how agents and brokers manage risk and advise policyholders, introducing the potential for new E&O claims.

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Understanding Consumer Education and Property Insurance

Property Insurance Centre

It empowers individuals to make informed decisions about insurance coverage and understand their policy rights. Consumer education ensures that individuals are prepared and protected with the proper insurance coverage and are knowledgeable about the claims process. Leads to confusion and potential gaps in coverage.

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Severe Weather Affects Auto Insurance and Repair Industry

American Agents Alliance

Severe weather is transforming the auto insurance industry. This means insurers must adapt to changing weather patterns and increasing unpredictability. Focused on the impacts of severe weather events on the auto insurance and repair industries, the report gives timely details on the future of the industry.