Category Archives: FAIR News

FAIR Honors Locke Burt’s Leadership in Developing Solutions that Improve Florida’s Home Insurance Market

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…

Weiss Ratings Critical of Florida Property Insurance Market Discredited

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…

Please post your comments on credit ratings affecting insurance rates.

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…

Consumer Advocate Defends Citizens Property Insurance

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…