A task force looking to return Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to its original status as an insurance company of last resort recommended Thursday that lawmakers increase homeowner rates by as much as 20 percent. ...more

January 22, 2009

The similarity of our national economic meltdown to the property insurance crisis poised to occur within Florida's economy should serve as a wake-up call to us all. Our state stands among the leaders of a motley pack suffering the ill effects of an overheated real estate market. But we stand alone in our potential to add to this economic misery due to the collapse of an artificial property insurance market crafted by the hand of government. ...more

October 18, 2008

Walter Dartland of the Consumer Federation (Other Views, June 10) expressed his support for Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of the funding for the highly successful Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive Program reauthorized by the Florida Legislature a few weeks ago. ...more

June 25, 2008

There is absolutely nothing creative about the Tribune's editorial, "Creative Windstorm Coverage," (Our Opinion, May 31.) It has been discussed for years. ...more

June 9, 2008