Insurance reform: 'Two steps forward, one step backward’

There’s that old saw you hear in the halls of capitals: “If no one is happy, then it must be good legislation.”

To an extent, you can say that about the property insurance legislation adopted in the special legislative session two weeks ago in Tallahassee. None of the day-to-day combatants in that world — Florida-based insurance companies, the international reinsurance companies, insurance agencies, trial lawyers, roof contractors or independent insurance adjusters — is doing a happy dance over the outcome.