Category: Department of Financial Services
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Ambitious Florida CFO Patronis and the case of the curious $50,000 political contribution
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis hadn’t even put a tooth under his pillow before his political action committee raked in the curious $50,000 contribution that foreshadowed his office’s launch of Operation Tooth Fairy. -
Travel insurance’s tricky language leaves customers without refunds during COVID-19
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Jack and Vicky Brennan looked forward to a sailing trip out of Grenada in July 2020. Months earlier as COVID-19 got worldwide attention, the St. Petersburg couple decided to purchase travel insurance, in case they couldn’t go. Now, the company won’t pay. -
Miami-Dade rock miners continue to blast away with help from Legislature
By Ann Henson Feltgen
FloridaBulldog.org
Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam has lambasted as virtually worthless a new state program to monitor rock blasting in northwestern Miami-Dade in response to residents’ complaints that it reverberates powerfully through nearby homes. -
Assignment of benefits scams rip off tens of millions of dollars a year
By Joseph A. Mann Jr.
FloridaBulldog.org
Over the last several years, the assignment of benefits by consumers has become a major source of fraud, abuse and overpricing. Insurance companies estimate that AOB abuse costs Florida property owners and insurance companies tens of millions of dollars a year. -
Broward insurance firm-turned-‘Ponzi scheme’ cost Florida, policyholders $100 million
By Dan Christensen
FloridaBulldog.org
The final act in the little-noticed liquidation of a Fort Lauderdale-based insurance company that regulators say evolved into a “Ponzi scheme” that cost Florida and its policyholders more than $100 million is set to unfold in court this spring. -
Killer’s wife set to inherit victim’s money; “a travesty,” Broward prosector says
By Dan Christensen
BrowardBulldog.org
Ten years ago, killer Robert Burkell bludgeoned to death his 81-year-old tenant Charles Bertheas. The motive: money. Today, Burkell is in prison for life. But his wife Susan, who authorities say did not participate in the slaying but knew what was happening, is set to inherit the victim’s money.
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