Market Insights

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund seems to be on solid footing this year with reduced exposure and adequate borrowing power. However, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. looks to be caught in a no-bid contract controversy

The federal health-care reform bill is having an enormous affect on two seemingly disparate groups: Baby Boomers and insurance agents. Premiums are going up, and commissions are going down.

J. Hyatt Brown is the chairman - and for over 50 years, the driving force behind - Brown & Brown Insurance.

Vehicle theft rates have been steadily dropping in the last few years. While this is encouraging news, it does not tell the whole story of vehicle theft.

Despite an environment of economic turmoil, a dismal housing market, payroll and sales reductions, and declining rates, most Florida general liability (GL) carriers continue to battle for market share.

Florida representative for Insurance Information Institute Florida is becoming the "auto insurance fraud capital" with staged accidents, fraudulent claims, and phony medical clinics that bill insurers for phantom treatment.