Florida's ongoing feud between doctors and attorneys has heated up once again after the Florida Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows patients to waive a constitutional provision designed to
When a hurricane starts churning through the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean and takes aim at the Florida coast, many homeowners, as they load up their car and head for higher ground, feel helpless as
For years, Citizens was the last place people wanted to go for homeowner insurance because it carried the onus of high prices. Citizens, the state's largest insurer, is required by law to charge
As Election Day 2006 nears, Florida voters are focusing on who should replace Jeb Bush as the next governor, Attorney General Charlie Crist or Congressman Jim Davis. The insurance industry should be
OIR says the reports paint a picture of a greedy title insurance industry ripping off Florida consumers by charging excessive fees to make huge profits. "Most Florida consumers of title insurance
Even on a summertime visit to Great Britain, Gov. Jeb Bush could not escape hurricanes. At Lloyd's of London he fielded questions surrounding the recent Florida Building Commission's decision to
One of the toughest places in the Sunshine State to buy homeowners' insurance is South Florida where three hurricanes made landfall in the past two years while two other storms sideswiped the coast.
Florida's growing familiarity with hurricanes over the last several years has taught consumers, agents, carriers, and regulators many hard lessons. From the consumers' perspective, however, perhaps
When asked about the legislative session-long effort of the insurance industry to convince lawmakers either to abandon the state's auto personal injury protection insurance or repeal the program,
Gunars Mansons, an agent with American Ins. Co., who also serves on the board of the Florida Specialty Agents, said he's seen more new companies that write high-risk drivers enter the market in the