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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]
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]
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 ...
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is the agency charged with licensing and regulating more than 1.6 million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as alcohol, beverage & tobacco, barbers/cosmetologists, condominiums, spas, hotels and restaurants, real estate agents and appraisers, and veterinarians, among many other industries.