Insurance Journal: Florida’s New Consumer Advocate Tackles Open Hurricane Michael Claims

November 20th, 2019|Newsroom|

Florida’s new Insurance Consumer Advocate Tasha Carter has been busy since taking office August 1. Carter, who has been with the Florida Department of Financial Services for 17 years, said her new role as the state’s insurance consumer advocate is just slightly different than what she did for DFS previously as director of the Division of [...]

Tampa Bay Times: Florida CFO blames public adjusters, lawyers for Hurricane Michael insurance claim delays

November 1st, 2019|Daily News|

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis blamed public adjusters and lawyers for Hurricane Michael claim delays, proposing a law giving Floridians more time to break their contracts with adjusters. But while he acknowledged that insurance companies shoulder some of the blame for dragging out claims, he did not announce any proposals to hold insurance companies [...]