Market Insights

I know I made some lousy choices that damaged my credit, but why does that affect my insurance rates? I just don't think my credit score is any measure of what kind of driver I am.

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (Cat Fund) is likely to increase its assessments early next year because it is still paying off claims associated with the eight hurricanes that struck Florida back in 2004 and 2005.

Dim the lights, turn on the projector, and cue the voiceover: "In a world gone mad, when everything was crumbling around them, one industry stood strong -- INSURANCE!"

The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) chose Marjorie "Midge" Seltzer as the new chair of its board of directors at its annual conference in October.

For the past 20 years, Florida has ranked in the top 10 states with the most new Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU(R)) designees in the nation.

As in previous years, our December issue offers readers a retrospective of the topics we covered over these past 12 months.