Category: Archive – Seminars
Nov 13, 2008
Above: Florida Senate President-Designate Jeff Atwater (R-Palm Beach) Today, November 13, 2008, Florida Senate President-Designate Jeff Atwater (R-Palm Beach) announced his 2008-2010 leadership team, which comprises Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) as Senate President Pro-Tempore and Senator Alex Villalobos (R-Miami) as Chairman …
Nov 12, 2008
Orlando Sentinel–November 12, 2008 Rachael Jackson Sentinel Staff Writer The federal government has designated more than $26 million for Floridians affected by Tropical Storm Fay, according to numbers released Tuesday, but relief and mitigation funding from the August storm is …
Nov 12, 2008
2004 hurricane debris at issue By Maria Herrera South Florida Sun-Sentinel–November 12, 2008 Delray Beach The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the city owes it $495,000. The culprit: Debris left behind when Hurricane Frances swept through South Florida in 2004. …
Nov 12, 2008
Florida Health News–November 11, 2008 By Carol Gentry Agents and brokers who sell Medicare drug and health plans will receive only a little more than half as much in commission payments in 2009 as they are accustomed to receiving, based …
Nov 12, 2008
South Florida Business Journal–November 11, 2008 by Stewart Verney Florida TaxWatch is urging Gov. Charlie Crist to call a special legislative session to clarify the state’s corporate income tax law. The 2008 Florida Legislature passed a routine corporate income tax …
Nov 12, 2008
AM Best–November 11, 2008 A recent newspaper article in Florida, which alleged the state’s take-out program is a ploy to forcibly move policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to weak insurers, has been criticized by the Florida Office of Insurance …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida CFO calls for special session Bill CotterellNews Journal capital bureau Pensacola News-Journal–November 11, 2008 TALLAHASSEE – The state budget director said Monday economists might reduce Florida’s already shrunken revenue projections by up to $1 billion next week. But Office …
Nov 11, 2008
Gainesville Sun–November 11, 2008 By Anthony ClarkSun Business Editor Florida property insurers are hoping they won’t have to say “we told you so” before hurricane season ends officially Nov. 30. Because of the global financial meltdown, the state catastrophe fund …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida Underwriter–November 1, 2008 By Sharon K. Moorhead, Contributing Editor This year’s relatively tame hurricane season in Florida has not quelled the fears of a small group of people in St. Petersburg. For two years they have been sounding a …
Nov 11, 2008
Treasure Coast Palm–November 10, 2008 By TCPalm Staff The collapse of AIG makes it clear that national and international firms need a measure of national solvency regulation that state regulation cannot provide. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty easily counts among …