Content from William Rabb
Rabb is Southeast Editor for Insurance Journal. He is a longtime newspaper man in the Deep South; also covered workers' comp insurance issues for a trade publication for a few years.
Don’t Look Now, But Citizens Is No Longer the Largest Property Insurer in Florida
Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer of last resort, is no longer the largest carrier in Florida. The ranking is seen as a significant milestone in the push for a more stable, ...
Laws and Regs Already Protect Insureds From AI Missteps, Insurance Reps Say
Despite the rapid rise of artificial intelligence in the insurance sector, along with claims of widespread errors and even discrimination by algorithms, AI is becoming vital to the industry – but ...
Insurers Fighting $345M Georgia School Abuse Award, With Policy Wording at Issue
In one of the grimmest, longest-running and most-litigated episodes of alleged child sexual abuse at a private school, the key question in a case now before the Georgia Court of Appeals is whether ...
SageSure and Affiliate to Acquire Olympus MGA and Olympus Insurance in Florida
In a three-way deal involving carriers, underwriters, holding companies and more, catastrophe-focused managing general underwriter SageSure announced it will acquire the managing general agent for ...
20 Years Later, Hurricane Katrina’s Impact Echoes in Models, Mitigation and Reforms
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina swamped parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, the property insurance sector is better prepared for another catastrophic storm and the litigation that may follow, ...
Litigation Funder’s Plan to Invest in Law Firms Called ‘Bad Policy,’ With Big Impacts
With more states adding or considering restrictions on third-party funding of lawsuits, one of the largest litigation finance firms is now planning to invest directly in some law firms. "We are ...
Another Carrier Sets Up Shop in Florida: Vision Insurance Exchange
Regulators have approved another new property insurer for the Florida market – Vision Insurance Exchange – led by former Florida Peninsula Insurance CEO Roger Desjadon. The Cape Coral-based ...
Public Adjusters Decry Florida Citizens’ New Plan That Keeps Their Names Off Checks
In the long conflict between insurance carriers and public claims adjusters, Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has unexpectedly altered the rules of engagement in a way that could have a ...