Category: Archive – Seminars
Jan 28, 2009
News Service of Florida–January 28, 2009 News Service of Florida: Bill Would Restore Attorneys Fee Caps in Workers’ Comp A measure in the Legislature would restore a fee schedule for lawyers in workers compensation cases and go even farther by …
Jan 28, 2009
Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Board of Governors Meeting The Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Board of Governors will hold a meeting on Wednesday, January 28, starting at 9:00 a.m. at 1441 Maclay Commerce Drive, Suite 200, Tallahassee, Florida.
Jan 27, 2009
Palm Beach Post–January 27, 2009 By RANDY DIAMOND State Farm Florida, in a move that’s expected to turmoil in the Florida insurance marketplace, State Farm Florida said Tuesday that it is pulling out of the state over the next two …
Jan 27, 2009
A new Florida law requiring condo owners to have insurance is controversial, but two proposed bills could fix “glitches.” By BEATRICE E. GARCIAMiami Herald–Janaury 27, 2009 A controversial law requiring condo owners to have property insurance has many of them …
Jan 27, 2009
New complaint comes in from Palmetto; Lakewood Ranch resident, who hasn’t lived in home in a year, files class-action suit By JESSICA KLIPA Bradenton Herald–January 27, 2009 MANATEE – More complaints from homeowners over possible tainted drywall have been reported …
Jan 27, 2009
Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed the Revised 2008-2009 Florida Budget today, January 27, 2009, which was passed during the Special Legislative Session that concluded earlier this month. In signing the Budget, Governor Crist restored $90.9 million to the State’s General …
Jan 26, 2009
Insurance-Related Meetings for the Week of January 26-30 Tuesday, January 27 Cabinet Meeting The Florida Governor and Cabinet (“Cabinet”) will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 27, starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower …
Jan 26, 2009
Insurance Journal–January 26, 2009 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty he has that he would approve a rate filing to increase Florida’s workers’ compensation insurance rates by 6.4 percent to be effective April 1 for new and renewal business. McCarty’s action …
Jan 26, 2009
Hurricane protection for high-end homes mandated By Tim Engstrom Southwest Florida News-Press–January 25, 2009 Demand for hurricane protection shutters, windows and doors is spiking in Southwest Florida as some Citizens Property Insurance customers scramble to keep their coverage. Citizens, the …
Jan 26, 2009
Miami Herald–January 25, 2009 BY LESLEY CLARK David Paulison, the former Miami-Dade fire chief picked by President Bush to rehabilitate the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the drubbing it took for its anemic response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, gets …