According to the national tracking firm RealtyTrac, the total number of homeowner foreclosures rose nationally by 75 percent in 2007. At 280,000 foreclosure filings, Florida ranked second among all

In politics, perception plays a large role in dictating policy. And there is no greater example than the debate over the property market that has taken center stage since the election of Gov. Charlie

Florida is well known for its hurricane damage, but as the recent wildfires in South Florida showed, there is more than one kind of disaster that Mother Nature can wreak in the state. Because of the

What happens when legislature enacts an insurance reform bill that results in rates being cut by 50 percent over a five-year period? Lawmakers leave the line of insurance alone. Such was the case in

At 114 pages, this year's homeowners' insurance reform package touches on many issues familiar to those who have followed the legislative course of homeowners' reforms since Governor Charlie Crist

As the Florida Association of Insurance Agents prepares to hold its 104th Annual Convention and Educational Symposium in Orlando this month, much of the discussion among agents is expected to

When the legislature takes the formal step of titling a bill, it is usually trying to keep the public's attention focused on the positive aspects of the bill while downplaying some of its

Abraham Lincoln said that a lawyer's time and advice are his stock and trade. Abraham Lincoln was not wrong. Time is an important factor." So said workers' compensation claimant attorney Richard