Category: Archive – Seminars

Hurricanes Spawn Products

Apr 16, 2008

Tampa Bay Tribune–April 16, 2008By NEIL JOHNSONThe Tampa Tribune Science may never devise a way to control hurricanes, but technology is evolving to deal with the aftermath. There’s a new device to keep floodwater outdoors, a new method of tracking …

Sales tax holidays in doubt

Apr 16, 2008

St. Petersburg Times–April 15, 2008 By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE — Florida’s popular sales tax holiday for back-to-school supplies is in jeopardy. Money is so tight as the Legislature writes the 2008-09 state budget, senators are balking at …

Allstate’s CEO aims to ensure its future

Apr 16, 2008

Wilson adds products to counter tough times By Becky Yerak Tribune staff reporter Chicago Tribune–April 13, 2008 Despite racking up its second-highest profit ever, Allstate Corp.’s shareholder return fell 17 percent last year, worse than the 13 percent decline in …

Tougher regulation of appraisers urged

Apr 16, 2008

Palm Beach Post–April 16, 2008 By GERRY SHIHPalm Beach Post Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., introduced legislation on Tuesday to clamp down on the home appraisal industry that lawmakers say contributed to severe mortgage woes. The bill, …

Florida Senate Session

Apr 16, 2008

The Senate will hold Session on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 9:30 a.m.-noon in the Senate Chambers, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-Related bills scheduled to be discussed include: SB 2534: Relating to Health Insurance by Senator Durell Peaden SB 2860: …

FEDC Inside Track For Legislative Affairs: Week of April 7-11

Apr 15, 2008

         Left/Top:  Rep. Don Davis, R-Jacksonville Beach, comments to colleagues on the House floor May 3, 2007, in Tallahassee, Florida. Right/Below:  In recognition of their esteemed colleague, House members raise their drink containers high on the House floor in reponse …

Allstate seeks rehearing on license suspension

Apr 15, 2008

Miami Herald–April 15, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Allstate Floridian has asked the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee for a rehearing on its recent decision upholding a suspension of Allstate’s license to write new business in Florida. Until …

Fla. Senate May Drop Insurers’ Antitrust Protection

Apr 15, 2008

National Underwriter–April 14, 2008 BY MATT BRADY NU Online News Service Florida lawmakers are considering legislation that would revoke the insurance industry’s antitrust protections in the state as part of an effort to resolve the difficulties facing the state’s insurance …