Category: Archive – Seminars

  Leaky Pipe Problems Pose Risk to Florida Homeowners Insurance Florida’s Homeowners’ Insurance Landscape has been treated gently by Mother Nature in the last Decade, but the Industry sees demons approaching that are increasing the cost and reducing access to …

  Insurer Citizens Pushes For Tougher Laws As Switch Offers Dwindle Top Officers at State-Run Citizens Property Insurance advocated for Laws to fix what they call abuses in South Florida Claims Wednesday as offers from Private Insurers to take its …

  Florida Chamber Miami Event Examines State’s Insurance Woes On the agenda are Mandatory Personal-Injury Protection, or PIP Coverage for Motorists; abuse of Assignment-of-Benefits Agreements in Property Insurance; and finding a way to rein in rising Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs.  …

  Appeal stands in State Farm hurricane-compensation ruling A judgment in a hurricane insurance-coverage case will not be reviewed, the Florida Supreme Court ruled, citing lack of jurisdiction over the case.  Christina Suttles reports for the Florida Record.   Florida Court …

  Miami Beach to Begin New $100 Million Flood Prevention Project in Face of Sea Level Rise With Miami Beach set to break ground this year on the most ambitious piece yet of its aggressive Anti-Flooding Project, some Homeowners are …

  Supreme Court Backs Insurer on PIP Medical Fees In a defeat for Medical Providers, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute about Fees Paid to care for Auto-Accident Victims.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF …

  Reinsurance opportunity in Florida, nationwide as FEMA pushes for states to pick up disaster costs The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided early calculations of the disaster costs that states could be required pick up before they are …

  Nelson: Trump hiring freeze could hurt hurricane response in Florida, nation Florida Senator Bill Nelson expressed concern Monday that President Donald Trump‘s federal hiring freeze will harm the government’s hurricane preparedness and response.  The Miami Herald’s James Martin Rose reports for …

  Florida Home Insurance Costs Lead Nation Again Florida once again has the Nation’s Costliest Home Insurance, a new report shows.  That’s all the more reason for Consumers to know more about their options in the updated The Palm Beach Post …

  Court Weighs State Farm Trade Secrets An Appeals Court Thursday dug into a dispute between Regulators and State Farm Florida about disclosure of information that shows where the Company is selling Property-Insurance Policies.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim …