Category: Archive – Seminars

  Flood Insurance Plans Unite Rubio, Warren, But Upset Florida Agents Watchdogs including Congress’ General Accounting Office have questioned as unfounded more than $10 Billion in Fees since the 1980s to the Private Middlemen. Under a Program called Write Your Own, Agents …

  Florida Insurance Commissioner Calls For Assignment Of Benefits Changes Commissioner Altmaier is weighing changes to claims forms—things like narrowing the definition of emergency mitigation or imposing requirements for notifying an Insurer—that he believes could discourage Fraud. Nick Evans reports …

  Reinsurers in Florida Advised Caution Over AOB Epidemic If the Assignment of Benefits Epidemic sweeping Florida continues unchecked, insurers with weaker capitalisation could see rating downgrades or be put out of business entirely, while Reinsurers’ Credit Risk Skyrockets.  Reinsurance …

  Air Ambulances: Insurers Call for End to Balance Billing to Consumers Consumers should not receive devastating Bills for tens of thousands of dollars for Air Ambulance Transport when Providers and Insurers cannot agree on a reimbursement, a Group representing …

  Flooding Prompts Miami to Consider Returning Some Homes to Nature Miami’s Shorecrest Neighborhood, near Biscayne Bay, deals with frequent flooding because of storms and high tides. Local Officials are considering forgoing the Construction of Infrastructure such as Sea Walls …

  Florida Legal Insurance Launches Bringing Affordable Legal Services to Floridians Florida Legal is a Nonprofit Legal Insurance Organization now operating across the State of Florida and founded with a vision to ensure that all Floridians have affordable access to …

  Aon Benfield wins Florida accounts from rivals Aon Benfield placed a trio of accounts at the 1 June Florida renewal freshly won from rivals, The Insurance Insider’s David Bull reports. Aon Reports U.S. Storms in May to Cost Insurers $3B; …

Scenes from today’s Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Participating Insurers’ Conference:  Colodny Fass’ Wes Strickland and Claude Mueller were on hand in Orlando to hear the event’s keynote address by Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier.  To view the day’s agenda, click …

  South Florida Outlet Mall Closed Due to Flooding; Cars Submerged in Lot  Torrential Downpours that soaked most of South Florida have closed one of the largest Outlet Malls in the United States.  Sandra Nortunen reports for the Palm Beach …

  Florida Tops Nearly 6.9 Million U.S. Homes at Risk of Hurricane Storm Surge Damage Again this year, as in previous years, Florida Ranks First with just under 2.8 Million at-Risk Homes, and Texas Ranks Third with 536,000 at-Risk Homes, …