Category: Archive – Seminars
Jan 13, 2009
Legislature Reaches Special Session Budget Accord; Final Vote on January 14 After working throughout the previous week in Appropriation Committees and over the weekend in Conference Committees, the Florida Legislature ended a joint budget conference early Sunday, January 11, 2008, …
Jan 13, 2009
Cabinet Meeting The Florida Governor and Cabinet (“Cabinet”) will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 13, starting at 9:00 a.m. in the Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is scheduled to …
Jan 13, 2009
Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Advisory Council has scheduled a meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 13, 2009. To view the meeting Notice, click here. The Advisory Council will consider public comments made …
Jan 12, 2009
AM Best–January 12, 2009 By Chad Hemenway, associate editor, BestWeek OLDWICK, N.J. January 12 (BestWire) – Florida began the new year by losing a $224 million bet to billionaire Warren Buffett. That’s a lot of T-bone steaks. Florida could not …
Jan 12, 2009
Insurance-Related Meetings: Week of January 12-16, 2009 Monday, January 12 Florida Department of Financial Services Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Consumer Services has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the …
Jan 12, 2009
Florida Department of Financial Services Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Consumer Services has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following Rule: 69J-166.031: Mediation of Property Insurance Claims Mediation of claims for the …
Jan 9, 2009
Claims Journal–January 9, 2009 Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is advising residents that below-average rainfall for the last four to five months has significantly increased the state’s wildfire risk. The torrential rain associated with Tropical Storm …
Jan 9, 2009
South Florida Sun-Sentinel–January 8, 2009 By Ken Kaye U.S. Representatives Alcee L. Hastings, D-Miramar, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, today introduced a bill authorizing $2.35 billion to improve hurricane research. The funding would help scientists better understand how hurricanes form and …
Jan 9, 2009
Orlando Sentinel–January 9, 2009 Aaron Deslatte and Josh Hafenbrack Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE Part of the Florida Legislature’s prescription for weathering the worst recession in three decades amounts to this: If you’re poor, don’t get sick. Florida’s hospitals and nursing homes …
Jan 9, 2009
Florida Times-Union–January 8, 2009 By Jeremy Cox State regulators late Wednesday OK’d United Healthcare’s individual health-insurance plan for Cover Florida. The state-sponsored insurance program debuted Monday with six private insurers offering 25 stripped-down, low-cost plans. United was one of a …