Read Our Translation of Our Interview with Univision

Seguro Citizen's subirá 10% cada año

univision23.univision.com

En el 2011 la legislatura aprobó un aumento de 10% anual durante la
próxima década para asegurar la propiedad.

Link to Interview:
http://univision23.univision.com/videos/video/2012-01-11/seguro-citizens-subira-10-cada

Fellow Floridians:

We Are Gearing up for the 2012 Legislative Session:

We Warned You For The Last 3 Years!
And Have Been Fighting It For The Last 6!

Our Concerns In 2012:

1. Citizens Flipping Your Policy
   to a Surplus Line Insurer is BPP = “BAD PUBLIC POLICY”!

2. Worse Than The Insurance Premium Increase:
   Your “Mitigation Discounts” (Shutters, etc) Elimination Will Be MORE  Costly Than The Insurance Rate Increases That The Legislature Has Given The Insurance Companies.
   

Bill allowing less regulated insurers to take over Citizens policies clears hurdle  

Fla. Legislature Passes Commercial Property/Casualty Deregulation Bill

Report: Insurers Create Crises To Raise Rates | House Keys Blog  

Anderson Cooper, Keeping Them Honest – Insurance Fraud

Insurance discounts granted and revoked by same inspection firm 

Citizens insurance to check if rebuilding costs are inflating premiums | House Keys blog 

Is this also happening in Florida?

Consumer Group Hammers Mercury Rate Increase Filing in California  

www.insurancejournal.com
A California consumer group is challenging a rate hike bid by Mercury Insurance because the group claims the company is trying to pass along the costs of …

Zillow: S. Fla. homes to lose $6.5 billion in value this year

Fortifying homes is best hope to lower premiums - Insurance - SunHerald.com

Property-insurance rates appear to have stabilized on the Mississippi Coast, but residents who want lower premiums will have to invest some time and, for dramatic reductions, money.

Thousands of South Floridians lose insurance discounts after Citizens’ inspections

Citizens Property Insurance recently sent an inspector to verify that Sandy Teich was entitled to the discounts she had obtained for protecting her Coconut Creek home against hurricanes.

Insurance Claim Delays Deliver Massive Profits To Industry By Shorting Customers

WASHINGTON—Unlike many other businesses, the insurance industry is bound by law to act in good faith with its customers. Because of their protective role in the lives of ordinary citizens, insurers have long operated as semi-public trusts. But since the mid-1990s, a new profit-hungry model, combined with weak regulation, has upended that ancient social contract.

Why did state allow increases? - Opinion  

Letters to the Editor from The Daytona Beach News-Journal, your hometown newspaper.

The Defining Issue: Not Government’s Size, But Who It’s For

Posted: 12/19/11 08:16 PM ET

The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for.

Americans have never much liked government. After all, the nation was conceived in a revolution against government.

Insurance Company Profits Soar Despite Alleged Insurance Fraud

Insurance companies and insurance industry advocates consistently point to insurance fraud as a reason for higher insurance premiums. But, if insurance…

FOX 13 investigates: Burned by Citizens Insurance

www.myfoxtampabay.com

When fire ripped though their home, they thought they were covered. After all, they had insurance and it was ruled an accident. But investigative reporter Doug Smith found people who say they were burned badly by Citizen’s Insurance because the state-run carrier doesn’t have to follow the same rules...