By Eli Lehrer & R.J. Lehmann JMI Adjunct Scholars Vice President, Heartland Institute & Deputy Director, The Heartland Institute Center on Finance Insurance and Real Estate View Press Release (PDF) View Full Brief: “Workable Solutions for Florida’s Challenging Insurance Problems” (PDF)
February 2012 – Backgrounder No. 70 – “Workable Solutions for Florida’s Challenging Insurance Problems”
Posted 01/17/2012
February 2011 – Backgrounder No. 67 – “Solutions to Restore Florida’s Property Insurance Marketplace to Protect Taxpayers and the Insured” 
Posted 02/04/2011
By Eli Lehrer Senior Fellow, The Heartland Institute Adjunct Scholar, The James Madison Institute INTRODUCTION The 2011 session of the Florida Legislature will convene in the midst of state budget worries, a lingering real estate crisis, and a still-sluggish national economy. Therefore, lawmakers will face a challenging series of problems that a single legislative session …
State Farm Florida: Good Neighbor or Good Riddance?
Posted 06/15/2010
By Kelton M. Farris Winter 2010 Journal Florida’s regulatory climate remains unfriendly to private property insurers.
March 2010 – Backgrounder No. 64 – “Property Insurance Solutions to Protect Homeowners, Taxpayers, and Florida Government from Financial Devastation”
Posted 03/09/2010
Florida’s Message to Insurers: Keep Out!
Posted 07/01/2009Florida’s Message to Insurers: Keep Out! by Eli Lehrer July 1, 2009
2009 March – Backgrounder No. 60 – Restoring the Private Property-Insurance Market to Reduce Florida’s Risk of Financial Insolvency
Posted 03/15/2009
Foreword By Robert F. Sanchez Policy Director, The James Madison Institute As Florida faces a worsening crisis involving property insurance
“The National Financial Crisis and Hurricane Insurance”
Posted 01/01/2009“The National Financial Crisis and Hurricane Insurance” by Donald D. Brown, Dennis A. Ross, and Leonard Schulte Winter 2009 Journal
Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster
Posted 08/01/2008Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster by Eli Lehrer August 1, 2008
“Property Insurance Gamble: Florida Risks Its Fiscal Future on a Quiet Hurricane Season”
Posted 07/01/2008“Property Insurance Gamble: Florida Risks Its Fiscal Future on a Quiet Hurricane Season” by Eli Lehrer Summer 2008 Journal
“The Sorrow and the P.I.T.I in Florida’s Housing Market”
Posted 04/01/2008“The Sorrow and the P.I.T.I in Florida’s Housing Market” by Robert F. Sanchez Spring 2008 Journal
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