Category Insurance
Florida’s self-made insurance crisis- a good video explainer
Governor DeSantis and the legislature have acted as proxies for the insurance industry.
Explaining DeSantis fealty to the Insurance Industry
Escalating Property Insurance rates and cost-of-living are the two biggest challenge Floridians face currently (I’d argue the biggest challenge Florida as a state faces is around water resources and Climate Change). This past legislative session, we’ve seen every performative social issue imaginable addressed by a right-wing legislature, while the real issues were ignored. As we […]
Special Session is a giveaway to the insurance industry; Democrats somewhat surprisingly offer a good alternative
The GOP legislation flying through this week’s Special Session includes: It’s pretty stunning that given the insurance crisis in the state that disproportionately impacts the same working class voters that propelled Governor DeSantis landslide reelection, that the GOP continues to be controlled by the donor class and the insurance industry. In the wake of Hurricane’s […]
Insurance industry and corporate interestes looking to influence Democratic primaries
Nothing scares corporate Florida and the insurance industry more than the sight of a trial lawyer in office. That’s what Gary Farmer is facing in Senate District 34 where a barrage of mailers backed by GOP interests have hit the Parkland attorney seeking to throw the seat to former State Representative Jim Waldman. As a […]
The Florida Squeeze 