Category: Archive – News

Chinese company begins drywall remediation

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was posted to CNN’s news website on February 8, 2011: Chinese company begins drywall remediation By Rich Phillips www.cnn.com Eleanor Aguilar pounded a hole in her living room wall on Monday. You might say it was a …

Boca life insurance financing company IPO nets $169 million

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published in the South Florida Business Journal on February 8, 2011: Imperial Holdings IPO nets $169M By Brian Bandell http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/ Imperial Holdings expected to net $169 million from its IPO on Tuesday. The Boca Raton-based company …

Republican governors take on U.S. insurance exchanges

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published by Reuters on February 7, 2011: Republican Governors take on U.S. insurance exchanges WASHINGTON (Reuters)—As Republican governors take on the U.S. health care reform law in courts, they are also challenging it on the administrative …

Blue Cross, United control Florida healthcare

Feb 7, 2011

The following article was published in the Jacksonville Business Journal on February 7, 2011:    Blue Cross, United control Florida Healthcare http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/   Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida and United Healthcare together controlled 65 percent of Florida’s commercial health …

Florida leads U.S. in faked car accidents

Feb 7, 2011

The following article was published in the Palm Beach Post on February 7, 2011: Florida Leads U.S. in Faked Car Accidents By Laura Green www.palmbeachpost.com A rental truck and an SUV bumped into each other at Blue Heron Boulevard and …

Brown & Brown 2010 revenues rose less than 1 percent

Feb 7, 2011

The following article was published in Business Insurance magazine on February 7, 2011: By Mark A. Hofmann www.businessinsurance.com DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Brown & Brown Inc.’s revenues for 2010 increased less than 1% to $973.5 million from a year earlier, the Daytona …

Mercury General to exit Florida homeowners market

Feb 7, 2011

The following article was published in the Insurance Journal on February 7, 2011: Mercury General to Exit Florida Homeowners Market www.insurancejournal.com Citing fourth quarter losses in Florida of $19 million, Mercury General said it would begin the process of withdrawing …

Florida’s Insurance Department makes staff changes

Feb 7, 2011

The following article was published in The Current on February 7, 2011: Florida’s Insurance Department makes staff changes There have been some staff changes at the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Long standing OIR employee Belinda Miller — who was …