Category: Archive – Seminars
Mar 24, 2008
The Florida House Insurance Committee will hold a hearing on Monday, March 24, 2008 from 1-6 p.m. in Morris Hall, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. A representative from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is scheduled to testify regarding the state …
Mar 21, 2008
 Above: Speaker-designate and Policy & Budget Council Chairman Rep. Ray Sansom, R- Fort Walton Beach, explains the importance of balancing Florida’s checkbook during consideration of the budget adjustment conference committee’s report on the House floor.  FEDC Legislative Report: …
Mar 21, 2008
Herald Tribune–Mar. 21, 2008 By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER and Carol E. Lee H-T CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE — Sending the clearest signal yet that legislative leaders are not interested in raising taxes to help ease Florida’s budget crisis, a House committee on …
Mar 21, 2008
Groups focus on Brevard, making it harder to get loansFROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTSFlorida Today–Mar. 21, 2008 The mortgage industry just made it harder for some prospective homebuyers in Brevard County to borrow money. Mortgage insurers, whose backing is required …
Mar 21, 2008
The Florida Times-Union–Mar. 20, 2008 The Associated Press Children would have to sit in special seats in cars for four more years under a bill approved by a House committee. Current law requires special baby carriers or child seats only …
Mar 21, 2008
Palm Beach Post–Mar. 21, 2008 As part of the constant effort to deal with Florida’s property insurance crisis, the Legislature this year must undo a little of what the Legislature did last year. In January 2007, the Legislature increased the …
Mar 21, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel–Mar. 21, 2008 The Florida House of Representatives’ insurance committee unanimously approved a bill Thursday that would let businesses opt out of helping to pay deficits at Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-backed entity that has become the …
Mar 20, 2008
Sun-Herald–Mar. 20, 2008 OUR POSITION: Free markets and a capitalist system are gradually bringing insurance rates back into line. Our state legislature needs to take advantage of this favorable period to dramatically reduce the taxpayers’ $485 billion insurance exposure. After …
Mar 20, 2008
Tampa Bay Observer–Mar. 19, 2008By Dan Fearson of Highlands Today AVON PARK — A Bowling Green man, who worked as a life insurance agent in Avon Park, was arrested Tuesday for fraudulently buying 36 life insurance policies reportedly to collect …
Mar 20, 2008
Insurance Journal–Mar. 20, 2008 A Miami-Dade County man pleaded guilty to involvement in a staged accident ring, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. Wilfred Cyriaque, 57, was sentenced to 54 months in prison, followed by five years of …