Sam Miller
Sam Miller
Sam Miller is an English television director. He is best known for his work on the BBC television dramas Cardiac Arrest, This Life and Luther. He works with London-based production company Mustard Film Company. He is father of the actor William Miller, who played Oliver Twist in the 2007 television adaptation...
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Date of Birth28 September 1962
bullet decide elected fight hope insurance lower magic operate rates stop suspect thinks unless whatever
We didn't get in that fight before and I don't suspect we will again. Whatever they decide is what we will have to operate on. ... I just hope no one thinks this is a magic bullet that is going to lower insurance rates unless the elected insurance commissioner can stop hurricanes.
decides fine whatever
Whatever the Legislature decides is fine with us.
ability additional carriers citizens coverage decide forced homes none perils thousands whether wind
The carriers who have the other perils coverage on thousands of homes would be forced to decide whether to cover it all or none of it. We don't have the ability to take on any additional wind exposure. So Citizens would just get larger.
list offers soon students waiting
We will make offers on the waiting list as soon as other students tell us they don't want to live with us.
anymore area
We can't really write (policies) in the area anymore because of the sinkholes.
clearly houses housing reduce standing stock
Mitigation is the only way we can dramatically reduce the losses. Clearly the newer-built houses are standing up so much better, but most of the housing stock is pre-modern construction.
eight obviously rates
Obviously rates are going up. That's what eight hurricanes will do to you.
fragile hurricane knows season stage
We're at a critical, fragile stage here. (If) we have another hurricane season like we've had, who knows what's going to happen?
above maximum
That's well above what we are able to do even with our maximum capacity.
ready
We're ready for it. We know this drill.
believe fact force reduce
I believe the Legislature is going to look at that. The fact that the assessments are out there will force the Legislature to look at what they can do to reduce Citizens' exposure.
current law quo simple status
The status quo - simple re-enactment of the current law - is unacceptable.
building calling class code definition exposure force line solutions task wind
This is in line with the recommendations of the Legislature's Task Force on Long-Term Solutions which is calling for the elimination of the definition of wind exposure class C from Florida's building code statutes.
areas money rural
The investor-owned utilities did not want to come out into the rural areas because there wasn't money to be made.