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Tasha Carter, Florida insurance consumer advocate, speaks during a town hall meeting regarding insurance rates at the Treasure Coast Builders Association, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Port St. Lucie.
In 2020, Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Tasha Carter surveyed 7,000 people whose claims were represented by a lawyer. The survey found that 78% of them said they hired a lawyer because of a ...
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services ( FDACS) is an executive department of the government of Florida . The Commissioner of Agriculture (directly elected by voters statewide for a four-year term, and a member of the Florida Cabinet) is the head of the department. The current commissioner is Wilton Simpson.
Cate Deventer. April 22, 2024 at 8:00 AM. In 2022, the Florida home insurance market spent months tumbling toward collapse, but legislation was put in place to help mitigate disaster. These laws ...
Florida Department of Financial Services ( FLDFS) is a state agency of Florida. Its headquarters are in Tallahassee. [1] In 2002 the Florida Legislature merged the Department of Insurance, Treasury and State Fire Marshal and the Department of Banking and Finance into one department, the Florida Department of Financial Services. [2]
2003. Formation. 2002. Website. www .myfloridacfo .com. The chief financial officer of Florida is an elected statewide constitutional officer of Florida. The office was created in 2002 following the 1998 reforms of the Florida Cabinet. The CFO is a combination of the former offices of comptroller and treasurer/insurance commissioner/fire marshal.
Carter said higher property insurance is being driven by the rising cost of re-insurance, the rising cost of materials and labor, insurance fraud and the roughly $48 billion in claims after ...
Insurance, generally, is a contract in which the insurer agrees to compensate or indemnify another party (the insured, the policyholder or a beneficiary) for specified loss or damage to a specified thing (e.g., an item, property or life) from certain perils or risks in exchange for a fee (the insurance premium). [ 2]