An appeals court sided with State Farm Florida in a dispute about whether policy information submitted to state regulators is a “trade secret” and should be shielded from public disclosure.
The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the First District Court of Appeal was a defeat for the Office of Insurance Regulation, which argued that the property-insurance information should be publicly available. Insurers have long been required to file the information, which includes by county how many policies are written, canceled or not renewed, through a database known as the Quarterly and Supplemental Reporting System, or QUASR.
