Market Insights

Not even a still-fragile economy can keep members of Florida's insurance associations from their annual gatherings. Find out where agents, brokers, and industry and carrier representatives will be meeting across the state in the coming months.

My neighbor's home caught fire two years ago after being hit by lightning. Frankly, thunderstorms scare me more than the threat of hurricanes because we have them more often. But I guess there's not much we can do to about it.

What a difference a year makes. A year ago the industry was celebrating the record year of 2008, which concluded with 307 total transactions.

After years of fighting between politicians and Florida's property insurers, it appears that the state's private carriers may be on the verge of getting the ability to raise their rates by a limited amount.

Although a continuous "work in progress," these decision-enabling solutions do provide rock-solid basics.

Although U.S. property and casualty insurers pay approximately $50 billion per year in medical claims, carriers are a long way from reaching peak efficiencies in analyzing and processing those claims.