Tom Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
C. Thomas "Tom" Gallagher IIIis an American politician from the state of Florida and a member of the Republican Party. Gallagher holds the distinction of having served more years as an elected state official than any other individual in Florida history. He began his career in the Florida House of Representatives, where he served from 1979 to 1987. He was then the Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of Florida from 1989 to 1995, the Education Commissioner of Florida from...
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Over the past 14 months I have personally called out companies and demanded they come to Tallahassee and answer for their conduct, ... I have pushed for rate freezes. My office has helped 60,000 citizens with their problems with insurance companies.
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We all are equally responsible for the rates, all four of us - not that that makes rates acceptable to anybody, ... But (insurance regulator) Kevin McCarty has to balance two conflicting areas, affordability and accessibility. If government mandates affordability, suddenly there will be no availability.
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Rate relief is a short-term solution and should be tied to long-term fixes. I applaud Governor Bush and state lawmakers for considering my proposals to provide relief to homeowners as well as long-term, comprehensive reforms of Citizens and our insurance market.
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Investors should be cautious of the fact that we're in the middle of an overvaluation correction and that we have further to go on interest rates and the Fed sees inflation as a problem and they plan on handling it. And some people are now saying they may take stronger action at the next meeting. So I think in that case it's a good yet idea to sit back and let the overvaluations get taken care of and let the Fed go through a couple of rate increasing before you get back into the market.
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Our priority now is to get any outstanding hurricane claims paid as quickly as possible.
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I take no chances with our investment policy for the state. In my personal business, I had dollars I was willing to put at risk.
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I think it is important to match our population as close as you can on appointments.
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I think it is going to be very difficult to make money out of this rally.
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Whether dealing with hurricanes, the recent spread of methamphetamine production, or the kidnapping and murder of innocent children, our first responders and law enforcement personnel are on the front lines and deserve the resources required to protect our citizens. By making public safety our first priority, we will make sure that we are prepared for any emergency and that justice is never denied.
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Local government spending has grown out of control. Left unchecked, this will damage our economic potential.
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We need to continue to see to it that we have a world class education. If we do that, that takes care of so many problems.
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We will have enough money to get our message out.
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We just happen to disagree with how we would lead this state.
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There are probably two areas that were not really fulfilled and I have to credit Laura with really making a difference in my life. One is the power and the importance of the Bible and spending time reading it ... The other really key part to my life is having a relationship with Jesus and understanding that prayer's important, the Bible's important, but that relationship is really what counts.