Category: Archive – Seminars
May 3, 2017
Must-Pass Workers’ Compensation, AOB Reform Languishing in Legislature With House and Senate Leaders caught up with Budget Negotiations ahead of Friday’s Deadline for Adjournment, Advocates for Legislative Fixes for Assignment of Benefits and Workers’ Compensation Reform confronted this possibility: …
May 2, 2017
Call Insurer Citizens “AOB Refugee Fund of Florida,” Amendment Says They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, but how about State-Run Citizens Property Insurance Corp.? A Proposed Amendment Filed Monday on a State Bill says, “The Corporation is Officially Recognized as the …
Apr 27, 2017
Florida House Advances Bill Targeting Claims Abuse, But Senate Battle Looms A Bill aimed at Decreasing Insurance Claims Abuse in Florida has made it through the Florida House, and the Industry’s hope for Assignment of Benefits Reform now officially …
Apr 26, 2017
Insurance Agents Expecting to Write More South Florida Policies With State-Run Citizens Get used to the idea that more South Florida Homeowners will be forced back to State-Run Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the So-Called Insurer of last resort. The …
Apr 25, 2017
Florida House Assignment of Benefits Reforms Move Closer to Final Vote The House cleared its version of Assignment of Benefits Reform for a Final Vote Tuesday, defeating an Amendment that would have Frozen Property Insurance Rates and required a …
Apr 24, 2017
Florida is On Fire, But Homeowners Stand Down From the Worst Evacuation orders have been lifted in Collier County where a brush fire has been raging over the weekend along with two others in Lee and Polk Counties and …
Apr 21, 2017
Florida Senator and Insurance Public Adjuster Frank Artiles Resigns Senator Frank Artiles Resigned from the Florida Legislature on Friday, consumed by a Scandal that erupted three days earlier over a diatribe of insults the Miami Republican unleashed against Two Lawmakers at a …
Apr 20, 2017
Florida House Votes to Repeal PIP Auto Insurance The Florida House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a Proposal that would Repeal the State’s longstanding “No Fault” Auto Insurance System. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via the Sun-Sentinel. · Fed-Up …
Apr 19, 2017
Florida Rideshare Regulation Legislation Approved Today House Bill 221, sponsored by Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) and Representative Chris Sprowls (R-Clearwater) passed the Florida Senate with overwhelming, bipartisan support following the unanimous passage of the Bill last week in …
Apr 17, 2017
Two Seasoned Leaders Missing as 2017 Hurricane Season Approaches Fugate, who served as Florida’s Emergency Manager before taking the Washington Job in 2009, said he was “Pissed” when he learned Knabb quit to go to The Weather Channel, where …