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• INSURANCE REGULATORS FILE ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT AGAINST ALLSTATE

  K.C. Bouchillon | February 20, 2008 8:20 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has filed an administrative complaint seeking to suspend Allstate's authority to write policies in Florida. This is the latest salvo in the battle between regulators and Allstate over Allstate's refusal to turn over documents or give straight answers to its request to increase rates as much as 41%.The regulators previously suspended Allstate's authority...

• HURRICANE VICTIMS OFTEN SUFFER AT HANDS OF UNETHICAL ADJUSTERS

  K.C. Bouchillon | February 11, 2008 9:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The hurricanes of 2004 devastated tens of thousands of homeowners and their families in central Florida. But for many, the shoddy treatment and lack of professionalism shown by insurance adjusters was worse than the storms themselves. Unfortunately, far too many insurance adjusters forget that Florida law imposes ethical obligations on them when dealing with policy holders with insurance...