Category: Archive – Seminars

Water Crisis; Mortgage Fraud; Political Dysfunction; Algae Polluted Beaches; Declining Crops; Failing Public Schools; Foreclosures… By Michael Grunwald/Miami Time Magazine–July 10, 2008 Greetings from Florida, where the winters are great! Otherwise, there’s trouble in paradise. We’re facing our worst real …

Miami Herald–July 14, 2008 By BEATRICE E. GARCIA In less than four years, Citizens Property Insurance went from being a temporary fix for Florida’s troubled insurance market to the state’s largest insurer of homes, condos and apartments. Along the way, …

Miami Herald–July 13, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA As the largest insurer of homes, condos and apartments in the state, Citizens Property Insurance has nearly 9,000 agents writing policies for the company. For the agents, Citizens is one of the …

The Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist released the following news today, July 14, 2008:    Governor Crist Makes Appointments to the Board of Directors, Workforce Florida Inc. TALLAHASSEE – Governor Charlie Crist today announced the following reappointment and appointments: …

The Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Hearing regarding the following Rule:

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–July 13, 2008 By Kevin McCarty This has been a sad few weeks for residents of our nation’s heartland as flooding caused the failure of numerous levees along the Mississippi River, creating untold damage, destruction and loss of …

Florida Underwriter–July Issue By Sam Miller, Executive Vice President, Florida Insurance Council Speaking before the Florida Insurance Council’s recent annual meeting in Key West , CFO Alex Sink said Florida “went in the wrong direction this year when the Legislature …

Florida Underwriter–July Issue By By Eli Lehrer Florida can’t seem to catch a break. The Democratic Party cuts our delegates to half a vote at the convention, and now a massive all-states study gives us an “F” in insurance.   …

Lake City Reporter–July 11, 2008 JEFF M. HARDISON Recent state legislation changed the guidelines for insurance that covers sinkholes, according to a paper written by David Thompson of the Florida Insurance Research Library. The legislation took effect in late 2007 …

A.M. Best–Jul 10, 2008 Chad HemenwayNEW YORK,  (A. M. Best via COMTEX) In his last meeting with the National Conference of Insurance Legislators, Florida State Sen. Steven Geller failed to get a catastrophe fund and federal disaster assistance resolution passed …