Category: Archive – Seminars

St. Petersburg Times–Tuesday, January 6, 2009 By Jeff Harrington, Times Staff Writer A billion-dollar auction-rate securities nightmare continues to haunt St. Petersburg’s Raymond James Financial. While larger institutions like Bank of America are placating regulators and investors by buying back …

Fort Meyers News-Press–January 5, 2009 Cameras soon will show if you have run a red light in Fort Myers at Colonial Boulevard and Summerlin Road. With no formal vote, Lee County commissioners agreed today to install a camera at the …

Top officials of viatical- and life-settlement company Mutual Benefits were charged in a 25-count indictment. BY PATRICK DANNERMiami Herald–January 6, 2008 Marking the culmination of a more than four-year investigation, federal prosecutors have charged the top officials of one-time Fort …

Citizens Mission Review Task Force Meeting The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Mission Review Task Force will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 6, at the Tampa Airport Marriott, Tampa, Florida and via teleconference. The call-in number for this meeting …

NAIC International Solvency and Accounting Working Group Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold an International Solvency and Accounting Working Group meeting on Tuesday, January 6, from 9:00 through 10:30 a.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration call-in …

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following Rules: 69L-24.001: Purpose 69L-24.002: Scope 69L-24.003: Definitions 69L-24.004: Monitoring, Examining and Investigating 69L-24.005: Maintaining and …

Tampa Tribune–January 3, 2009 By RUSSELL RAY Policyholders of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could face sizable rate increases and lose the option to stay with the state-backed property insurer if a task force’s recommendations are approved. The group meets in …

Florida, industry leaders try to lower risk insurer poses to state By Julie Patel South Florida Sun-Sentinel–January 4, 2009 Since three hurricane seasons have come and gone without a major storm, many residents might need a reminder that the state …

Tampa Tribune–January 2, 2009 By RUSSELL RAY A final meeting of a task force Tuesday in Tampa will discuss several major changes for customers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest property insurer. Citizens policyholders can reject offers from private …

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–January 1, 2009 By Diane C. Lade About a third of the 40,000 Florida homeowners who qualified for free government money to make hurricane improvements have yet to claim it. The reason: Many can no longer afford to …