Now we stand at the beginning of the next hurricane season. Predictions of the season's intensity abound, but as the experience of the last decade will tell you, those predictions are of little value.
Here's one prediction I'm willing to make: whenever it comes, the next hurricane will bring more than high winds and plenty of claims.
For the insurance industry, the lasting legacy of former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist isn't just the anti-insurer legislation passed during his tenure (especially since Florida has had the good fortune of six years with no storms, and responsible legislators used that breathing room to successfully reverse some of those mistakes). Crist's real legacy is the populist environment he created, which made it easy and politically rewarding to depict insurance companies as enemies of the people.
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