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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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
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.
The most visible responsibility of the officeholder was as Insurance Commissioner. Following the Cabinet reform, the office was merged with that of the state Comptroller to create the new office of Chief Financial Officer of Florida, which oversees the Florida Department of Financial Services. The new department contains many of the functions ...
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's Division of Insurance Fraud continues to lead the fight against insurance fraud under the leadership of Colonel John Askins. During Fiscal year 2008/2009, investigative efforts by The Division of Insurance Fraud resulted in 982 cases presented for prosecution, 834 arrests, and 532 convictions. Also during Fiscal Year 2008/2009, The ...