In an election where every vote really does count, Jay Fant has a 4-vote lead in the latest unofficial tally of results for his race with Paul Renner in Florida House District 15. The freshest update on the Duval County Supervisor of Election’s site shows Fant received 5,961 votes and
TALLAHASSEE — The winners of almost half of the 120 Florida House seats have already been decided — or are all but decided. After Tuesday’s primary elections, 46 seats have been won, either by candidates running unopposed or by candidates who emerged from the primaries without opposition in the November
Home inspections have become an important part of the home-buying process, as insurance companies no longer automatically insure homes constructed with outdated building codes, and financial institutions seek assurances the homes they are financing are free of defects. The state of Florida began licensing home inspectors in 2010. Many of
TALLAHASSEE | Citizens Property Insurance Corp. wants state regulators to reduce base rates for the majority of its policyholders for the first time since a move to artificially lower rates ended in 2009. About 70 percent of Citizens’ policyholders, mostly inland residential customers, would benefit from the proposed 5.8 percent
When the dust settled Friday on the political drama of an all-day election recount, the result of the cliffhanger race between Jay Fant and Paul Renner boiled down to this. In a primary election that most people sat out, Fant won because two more people voted for him than Renner
LAKE WALES | Judi Sprague doesn’t feel like State Farm has been very neighborly lately. For the past 45 years, Sprague and her husband Dan have alternately maintained car, homeowners, and manufactured home insurance policies with the company, famous for its “Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there” slogan.
TALLAHASSEE – The Office of Insurance Regulation today received the 2015 Florida workers’ compensation rate filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), which proposes a statewide average rate decrease of 2.5% – the first decrease in four years. NCCI, which is a licensed rating organization authorized to make rate
For six weeks, Florida reeled under the assault of four hurricanes. First Charley struck Port Charlotte Aug. 13, 2004, with 150-mph winds. It blasted its way into Central Florida five hours later with winds clocked at 105 mph at Orlando International Airport. Hurricane Frances followed on Sept. 5 with lashing
The recent legislative session in Tallahassee was relatively quiet, a matter some attribute to this being an election year. But even in quiet years, Florida lawmakers tend to make some noise about the insurance industry and this year was no different. When insurance is a topic among Florida lawmakers, the
Gov. Rick Scott isn’t convinced that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should have rebuffed his request for an international travel ban, even if the overseas trips were part of a $3.2 billion deal that saved the state-backed insurer $233 million. At the request of Scott, Citizens President and CEO Barry Gilway