Category: Archive – Seminars

Hollywood could give red-light cameras a green light

Nov 19, 2008

Hollywood could join a growing list of South Florida cities using cameras to crack down on red-light runners. BY BREANNE GILPATRICK Miami Herald–November 19, 2008 While Big Brother privacy concerns have stalled statewide laws sanctioning traffic-light cameras, Broward’s third-largest city …

Florida Claims Strict Inspections of Carnival Rides Paying Off

Nov 19, 2008

Claims Journal–November 19, 2008 With the fall festival season in full swing, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson is drawing attention to all safety rules and regulations posted at carnivals and fairs. Statistics show that patron error …

Insurance-Related Meetings for the Week of November 17-21

Nov 14, 2008

  Insurance-Related Meetings:   Week of November 17-21, 2008   Monday, November 17   Division of 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 …

OP-ED: Florida’s Big Insurance Problem

Nov 13, 2008

BusinessWeek Online–November 13, 2008 By Nanette Byrnes Nanette Byrnes When Hurricane Ike took a left on Sept. 8, heading away from Florida, locals breathed a sigh of relief. Not only are their homes on the line with each burst of …

Federal grants help Melbourne recover

Nov 13, 2008

Florida Today–November 12, 2008 BY SUSANNE CERVENKAFLORIDA TODAY Melbourne pulled in nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for projects aimed at preventing erosion damage resulting from Tropical Storm Fay. The money from a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will pay …

Newly public Homeowners Choice posts profit gain

Nov 13, 2008

Tampa Bay Business Journal–Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Homeowners Choice Inc. reported net income of $802,000, or 12 cents a share, for the third quarter of 2008, compared to a net loss of $114,000, or 2 cents a share, in the …