Last Call for 12.4.25 – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida

Last Call – A prime-time read of what’s going down in Florida politics.

First Shot

Attorney General James Uthmeier used his appearance at the Florida Chamber’s 2025 Annual Insurance Summit to warn insurers that the state’s recent reforms are working — and to warn insurers not to squander the progress.

Uthmeier said a former House Speaker once told him, “You can do all this stuff to help the evil insurance companies. You can do all these reforms, but you will never see rates go down. Mark my words. You will never see it.”

He argued that the results now undercut that prediction, pointing to 17 new companies entering the homeowners insurance market since the 2022 Special Session reforms passed, plus more competition in the form of 33 companies filing for rate decreases and doze