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 [...]

Florida Property & Casualty Association, an association of Florida-based home insurers, is disputing claims made by Weiss Ratings, including that, "Many Florida homeowners are still waiting for their insurance claims to come through after a severe hurricane season last year." Read more from the Jacksonville Business Journal here

On the surface, Democratic attorney Carrie Pilon seems to be gaining traction in her Senate District 24 bid, challenging incumbent Republican Sen. Jeff Brandes. Read more from Florida Politics here.

Look for state Rep. Sean Shaw, D-Tampa, to announce next week he's running for state attorney general. Shaw has been considering the race for months. According to sources close to Shaw, he plans to make an announcement of his decision in Tallahassee Tuesday, the day after Martin Luther King Day.  Read more from the Tampa [...]

Florida state Rep. Carlos Trujillo will dissolve his law practice, withdraw from the law firm he founded and abandon his seat in the House if he is confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States. Read more from the Daily Business Review here

TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 12, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCI Group, Inc. (NYSE:HCI), a holding company primarily engaged in homeowners insurance, with additional operations in reinsurance, real estate and information technology, today announced the appointment of Karin Coleman to Executive Vice President. Coleman has led the company’s corporate services department since 2009. Among other responsibilities, she [...]

Republican Sen. Anitere Flores, who represents the Irma-battered Florida Keys, said Friday that property insurance will be the “main” insurance issue she will tackle in the upcoming legislative session. Read more from Florida Politics here

Florida’s insurance officials are considering moves to rein in assignments after the Legislature again failed to take action. The procedure allows service providers to work directly with an insurer, but some say they’re taking advantage of the system. Read more from WFSU here

Lifelong Florida resident, long-time Florida politician, and head of the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS), Jeff Atwater shocked the state when he announced in February he would step down as chief financial officer at the end of the 2017 legislative session to become vice president of strategic initiatives and CFO for Florida Atlantic University [...]