Category: Archive – Seminars

Homeowner Insurance Reforms Stir Up A Lot Of Debate

Apr 23, 2008

Tampa Bay Online–April 23, 2008By Carl  Orth | The Suncoast News NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – Winds are blowing hard and dark clouds are gathering, but it’s not a hurricane approaching. A storm of debate is circulating around homeowner’s insurance …

Municipalities’ insurer refunds $10M

Apr 23, 2008

With no major storms in Florida in 2007, the trust has money left over from premiums. Anika Myers Palm Sentinel staff writer Orlando Sentinel–April 23, 2008 Thanks to their insurer, Florida municipalities will get a refund of millions of dollars. …

Florida House passes tax-cut bill; Senate not on board

Apr 23, 2008

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–April 23, 2008 By Josh Hafenbrack TALLAHASSEE The Florida House passed a tax-cut package today along party lines, but faces long odds in getting a reluctant Senate to agree to cuts that would dig deeply into local government …

Court Mistake Keeps Allstate In Business

Apr 22, 2008

Tampa Tribune–April 21, 2008 By JEROME R. STOCKFISCHThe Tampa Tribune TALLAHASSEE – State Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was one happy man Monday — for a few minutes, at least — after getting word that an appeal court sided with him …

Court rescinds Allstate order, cites clerical error

Apr 22, 2008

Tallahassee Democrat–April22, 2008 By Paul Flemming FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU Oops. The 1st District Court of Appeal took it all back. Allstate agents are still, for the time being, in business. In a one-page order the court issued Monday, it denied …

Court rejects (maybe) appeal of Allstate suspension

Apr 22, 2008

Miami Herald–April 22, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Oops! Florida’s Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was in the middle of a news conference announcing that the First District Court of Appeal had denied Allstate’s motion for a rehearing on the state’s …

Allstate’s ban: 30 minutes

Apr 22, 2008

St. Petersburg Times–April 21, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE — It could be the shortest suspension of a company in Florida regulatory history. Allstate Insurance Corp. was banned late Monday from selling any new insurance policies in …

Foster care home faces probe

Apr 19, 2008

A Broward judge Friday ordered an investigation into a shelter for troubled foster children after court-appointed guardians for the teens complained the group home was unsanitary, beset by violence and failing to properly document incidents in which children ran away …