Friday, May 22, 2009
Florida: Lawmaker wants insurance commissioner to quit
Florida Sen. Michael Bennett is requesting the ouster of Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty in a letter sent to Gov. Charlie Crist Thursday... Bennett asked Crist to fire the commissioner of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation if McCarty does not resign. Bennett sent a five-page letter addressed to McCarty describing how he was angry about the way the commissioner handled his opposition to a property insurance bill that Bennett supported.
Bennett claimed he had a discussion with McCarty and the OIR office on many property insurance issues, including how to keep State Farm Florida from pulling its homeowners coverage out of the state prior to filing SB 2036. The bill was originally written to give policyholders the option of staying with a company whose rate is not controlled by the OIR and also not be assessed by the state...
BizJournals: Florida: Lawmaker wants insurance commissioner to quit
Bennett claimed he had a discussion with McCarty and the OIR office on many property insurance issues, including how to keep State Farm Florida from pulling its homeowners coverage out of the state prior to filing SB 2036. The bill was originally written to give policyholders the option of staying with a company whose rate is not controlled by the OIR and also not be assessed by the state...
BizJournals: Florida: Lawmaker wants insurance commissioner to quit
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