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Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015

Despite a last-ditch effort to save his job, it looks like Kevin McCarty will soon be out at the Office of Insurance Regulation. The Palm Beach Post‘s John Kennedy has the details: Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater put up little resistance Wednesday to Gov. Rick Scott’s call for reviewing the future of more state […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015

Despite a last-ditch effort to save his job, it looks like Kevin McCarty will soon be out at the Office of Insurance Regulation. The Palm Beach Post‘s John Kennedy has the details: Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater put up little resistance Wednesday to Gov. Rick Scott’s call for reviewing the future of more state […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 21, 2015

As I meet with dozens of Florida lawmakers, legislative staffers, and lobbyists in Tallahassee, inevitably the question is raised, “What is going on over there?” There being the Governor’s Office and its inexplicable courses of action as it struggles through the start of Rick Scott’s second term. What I say to these politicos is, […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 15, 2015

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is reportedly on the chopping block as the Rick Scott administration continues to attempt to put its new team on the field as it enters a second term. McCarty’s alleged transgression? Actually having the audacity to protect Florida’s insurance-buying public by not rubberstamping every self-serving scheme insurance lobbyists try to […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 5, 2015

Overall, automobile insurance rates have remained the same despite a rewrite of the state’s personal injury protection laws, a new report issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation shows. The 2012 PIP law did result in a “dramatic” 54 percent decrease in the number of staged accidents, though, with just 328 fraudulent insurance scams […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 5, 2015

Overall, automobile insurance rates have remained the same despite a rewrite of the state’s personal injury protection laws, a new report issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation shows. The 2012 PIP law did result in a “dramatic” 54 percent decrease in the number of staged accidents, though, with just 328 fraudulent insurance scams […]

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So if Kevin McCarty is toast, here's who may replace him at OIR…

So if Kevin McCarty is toast, here’s who may replace him at OIR…

Say what? Rick Scott responds to Cabinet concerns about ousting FDLE commish with request to guillotine agency heads

Does the Scott administration really have Kevin McCarty on the chopping block?

Overall, auto insurance rates haven't dropped much, new report shows

Overall, auto insurance rates haven’t dropped much, new report shows