Florida Underwriter September 2008
Cover Story
Writing Condominium and Homeowners' Association Insurance
Florida is -- hands down -- the single largest market for community association insurance in the nation. It is estimated that the state has over 65,000 community associations, and there is no slowdown
Features
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Editorial
While blame for job losses and the housing market can be spread nationwide, the trail for the Buffet and U.S. Sugar deals leads squarely to Tallahassee. Some are willing to give CFO Alex Sink a
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New Board Takes Over Citizens
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has a newly reconstituted board, including a new chairman with a track record of dealing with troubled companies. The company is also moving ahead with plans
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Drug Costs in Workers' Compensation
The good news is that drug cost inflation in workers' compensation has moderated considerably in recent years. The bad news is that this moderation is not industry-wide, but rather favors those
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Free Wind Mitigation Grants End
In August 2006, then-Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher kicked off the My Safe Florida Home (MSFH) program, a $250 million mitigation program to help Floridians strengthen their homes against
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Group Health Plan Reporting Changes
On December 29, 2007, President George W. Bush signed and passed amendments to the Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Statute entitled the "Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007."
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Insuring the Invincibles
One of the biggest groups of Floridians without health insurance -- people in their 20s -- is actually one of the easiest groups to insure. Because of their age and low risk of developing a costly
Market Watch
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Capacity and Prices Remain High in Homeowners' Coverage
Although lawmakers didn't claim to be providing a permanent fix for Florida's property insurance market when they passed reform legislation in 2007, they did at least hold out hope that consumers
Product Focus
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Building Customer Loyalty in a Soft Workers' Compensation Market
You don't earn customer loyalty by perfecting a great sales pitch. Successful agents build a solid book of business by providing real dollars-and-cents value to their clients. Florida's workers'
