Category: Archive – Seminars
Dec 12, 2016
Citizens Insurance Chief Sees “Absurd” Rise in Litigation Expenses “Out of Control” Litigation Costs are slowing efforts by Florida’s Property Insurer of Last Resort to shift risk onto Private Insurers, and may lead to Aggressive Restrictions on Claims for …
Dec 7, 2016
About a Third of Insurance Claims From Florida’s 2016 Hurricanes Were Denied Nearly one out of every three people who have put in a Damage Claim from the two Hurricanes that hit Florida this year won’t receive a nickel …
Dec 6, 2016
Jeff Brandes to File Flood Mitigation Bill Florida Senator Jeff Brandes says he will File Legislation for the 2017 Legislative Session to Fund Flood Mitigation in Affected Communities, FloridaPolitics.com reports. Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Insurer in Concurrent …
Dec 5, 2016
FIRM Files Property Insurance Challenge A Local Insurance Watchdog Group has formally filed its challenge to a nearly 9 percent Property Insurance Rate Increase in the Florida Keys. Timothy O’Hara reports for the Florida Keys News. Road Rage …
Dec 2, 2016
Florida Appeals Court Reverses in Favor of Homeowner in Insurance Claim Case The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Insurance Companies should not deny coverage for Property Damage just because it had more than one concurrent cause, as long …
Dec 1, 2016
Citizens Assesses Hurricane Response as 2016 Season Comes to a Close Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 …
Nov 30, 2016
Nelson, Rubio praise decision to move hurricane planes to Lakeland Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio praised a decision that will keep the federal government’s “Hurricane Hunters” fleet in Florida, though MacDill lost out to Lakeland on a …
Nov 29, 2016
Reinsurance Saved Florida From Catastrophic Losses Reinsurance saved Florida from Catastrophic Losses. While this year’s storms Hermine and Matthew brought an end to the State’s decade-long hurricane drought, they easily could have been stronger or cut a more destructive …
Nov 28, 2016
NCCI Vows to Appeal Court Ruling on Florida Workers’ Compensation The National Council on Compensation Insurance, which sets Workers’ Compensation Rates, will appeal Wednesday’s Ruling by Leon County Circuit Court Judge Karen Gievers to strike down a 14.5 percent …
Nov 23, 2016
The following news broke today, November 23, 2016: A U.S. District Court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction late yesterday, November 22, 2016, that temporarily blocks new overtime rules from going into effect nationwide on December 1. Those rules had …