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.
FEMA Releases New Flood Insurance Rates by ZIP Code — Brace for Impact
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency unveiled its new Risk Rating 2.0 methodology for calculating flood insurance, advocates and critics alike warned that it would mean higher premiums for ...
Florida State-Run Reinsurance Plan a Bust? Only Three Sign On
After five years of tweaks to Florida's insurance and tort laws, all designed to reduce the vast amount of claims litigation and – eventually – bring down property rates, many in the industry ...
Lawsuit, Adjuster Say UPC Altered Louisiana Estimate After Hurricane Ida
The practice of insurance companies revising independent adjusters' damage reports may be as widespread in Louisiana as it is in Florida, according to adjusters and a plaintiffs' attorney who has ...
Insurer Scores Court Victory Over Green Energy Tax Credits
An insurance company is entitled to generous tax credits even if the carrier did not invest directly in renewable energy projects, a North Carolina court has decided, striking down a $24 million tax ...
NHC Report Ranks Ian as Costliest Florida Hurricane, Shows Forecasting, Storm Surge
The National Hurricane Center's report on Hurricane Ian, posted Monday, six months after the storm hit southwest Florida, pegs Ian as the most expensive to hit the Sunshine State, causing twice as ...
Florida Regulators Now Reviewing Rate Hikes of 14%, 62% and 103%
Three Florida insurance carriers, one large and two small, are seeking approval for major rate increases, with one condominium policy increase as high as 103 percent. Citizens Property Insurance ...
‘Tender Your Limits’: Plaintiff Lawyers Step Up Demands As Fla. Reform Heads to Gov’s Desk
With the Florida Senate passing a take-no-prisoners tort-reform bill on Thursday, plaintiffs lawyers moved to file tens of thousands of lawsuits before the new restrictions kicked in yesterday. The ...
DeSantis Turns Heads With Comment That Citizens Insurance ‘Not Solvent’; Board Approves Cat Bond
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised some questions Friday when he suggested that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-created insurer, has "not been solvent" and may be unable to pay all claims ...