FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Since Kevin McCarty’s appointment as the first non-elected insurance commissioner for the state of Florida, he has been a champion for consumers. Today the Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR) has announced that they will award Commissioner McCarty with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his 27 years of public service. “Kevin…
Consumer Advocacy Group Presents Security First Insurance Chairman and President with Lifetime Achievement Award Tampa, Fla. (September 17, 2014) – The looming and ever-present potential for catastrophic weather. A challenging regulatory environment. Premium affordability. These challenges, in addition to a diverse and vocal group of constituencies, have caused Florida to become one of the most…
A recent article from Reuters reported that Florida’s property insurance market may be an “accident waiting to happen.” An unbiased and balanced assessment of the market proves that this is simply untrue. The Florida property insurance market as a whole is strong, well regulated, and fully capable of paying claims when disaster strikes. The Reuters…
People with poor credit scores in some states pay nearly twice for homeowner’s insurance. Poor credit can result from illness, job loss, and other factors. Is it fair that they should have to pay higher premiums because of bad luck? Please sound off on this un-FAIR treatment insurance companies use!!! Click the link to Post…
The recent Palm Beach Post article critical of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s alleged lavish travel junkets to buy reinsurance was unbalanced, unfair, and frankly over-the-top. My defense of Citizens may seem unlikely to some. During my tenure with FAIR, our members have filed not one, but two, class action lawsuits against Citizen’s practices which we…