Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty's announcement yesterday, setting up a battle with home insurers over rate requests, left out key facts about the marketplace, an industry spokesman said today.

"[Mr.] McCarty did not tell the whole story," remarked Sam Miller, executive vice president of the Florida Insurance Council.

The commissioner--in the course of an open editorial letter to the media, revealing that he was denying a 30.3 percent increase request by Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Companies--went on to criticize other insurers.

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