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The Office of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty- -March 19 2009 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today issued the following statement in support of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) proposal to review insurance company use …

Treasure Coast Palm–March 19, 2009 By Jeff Ostrowski, Palm Beach Post Port St. Lucie resident Massoud Kaye had to pick up the state-run Citizens Property Insurance last June when the company that had insured his home for several years, Liberty …

The Office of Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink–March 18, 2009 TALLAHASSEE- Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink today released the following statement in response to the Office of Insurance Regulation’s (OIR) Consent Order with People’s Trust Insurance Company: “The …

Tampa Bay Business Journal–March 19, 2009 by Alexis Muellner Editor The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a civil injunctive action against Sky Way Global LLC and its principals – Brent C. Kovar, Glenn A. Kovar and James S. Kent …

National Underwriter–March 17, 2009 BY PHIL GUSMAN SAN DIEGO – The National Association of Insurance Commissioners Executive Committee has voted to revisit the controversial issue of insurers’ use of consumers’ credit information to determine their rates. At the NAIC’s Spring …

South Florida Business Journal–March 18, 2009 Boca Raton-based People’s Trust Insurance has agreed to stop writing property insurance policies in the state until it complies with a consent order it signed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. A state …

A workers’ comp proposal could keep costs down but might also give an unfair advantage to companies who can spend more on lawyers. BY DAVID DECAMP Miami Herald–March 18, 2009 TALLAHASSEE — Big business scored a victory Tuesday when a …

Florida Today–March 18, 2009 By Jim Ash Florida Capital Bureau Chief The Florida Senate began pushing back Tuesday against the dozens of cash-strapped local governments that have begun charging crash victims for police and firefighter response. The measure (SB 2282) …

Florida could save $700 million a year by providing more basic screenings and preventive care, researchers say. BY JOHN DORSCHNER Miami Herald–March 14, 2009 Legislators are expected to receive next week a research paper that concludes the state could save …

A federal jury said two Miami-Dade doctors and two medical assistants filed $5.3 million in bogus Medicare claims. By JAY WEAVER Miami Herald–March 18, 2009 They manipulated blood samples. Falsified medical records. Wrote prescriptions for HIV patients who didn’t need …