Jeffrey Atwater

Broward County homeowners who sign up for windstorm insurance from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. next year could pay up to 56 percent more than a neighbor with an existing policy, if a cap is removed on rate increases for new customers. Some new...

TALLAHASSEE — Facing fallout from potentially significant rate increases, members of a Citizens Property Insurance Corp.committee said Thursday that they need to do a better job of working with lawmakers, news media and the public as they...

Palm Beach County homeowners who sign up for windstorm insurance from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. next year could pay up to 54 percent more than a neighbor with an existing policy, if a cap is removed on rate increases for new policies. Other new...

Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into law massive changes to the state's auto-insurance laws that he and lawmakers say will stamp out fraud and reduce the cost to motorists of no-fault insurance, which pays medical expenses in an accident regardless of...

Florida's property insurer of last resort on Thursday backed off a proposal that would eliminate a 10 percent cap on rate increases for new customers starting Jan. 1. Board members for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. told staff to study the idea...

Republican U.S. Senate candidate George LeMieux insists that he's feeling the love on the campaign trail — despite public-opinion polls and campaign fund-raising that suggest otherwise. Pushing his "conservative" message, particularly on federal...

By Michael Peltier, The News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will explore charging new customers potentially much higher rates but backed away from final approval Thursday following pushback from consumers,...

TALLAHASSEE — Good morning and welcome to the morning reads. Here are the top five stories we're reading this morning. * Florida insurers are already expecting efforts to beat new PIP reforms that just passed the Legislature, the Sun-Sentinel...

TALLAHASSEE — Former state Rep. Pat Patterson,  a DeLand Republican considering a bid for Senate, announced Monday he would run for Volusia County Commission instead — avoiding a costly primary with Rep. Dorothy Hukill, an Ormond Beach...

There's been a lot of talk lately about how disappointing U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV has been as a U.S. Senate candidate and published remarks by CFO Jeff Atwater saying that conservative Republicans are urging him to get into the race. Now comes PPP &#...

If you live in Florida long enough, you know that certain words mean trouble's brewing. Like "Category 5." Well, here's another: "Reform." Any time a Tallahassee politician says it, you're also in harm's way. Especially when it comes to insurance....

TALLAHASSEE — The effort to reform Florida's no-fault auto-insurance law picked up an amendment in the House Friday that would prohibit the fraud-fighting “strike force” housed within Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater's office from...