Category: Archive – Seminars

  Insurers Warn Floridians to Prepare for Tropical Storm A Tropical Storm stands an excellent chance of hitting South Florida this weekend.  An Insurance Industry Group wants Floridians to start getting ready.  Michael Moline reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.   FIRM Asks for Delay …

  Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Chinese Drywall Case The Florida Supreme Court has declined a couple’s request to take up a dispute about whether a property insurer is required to cover damage related to Chinese Drywall in a Tampa …

  “Billing Palm Beach County Homeowners For Insurance As If We’re Miami is a Low Blow” Have you noticed that Insurance Companies in Florida never seem to run out of new ways to justify Premium Increases for Hurricane Coverage even …

  A Look at The Big 5 Homeowner Insurers in South Florida The Miami Herald’s Nancy Dahlberg evaluates South Florida’s top five Property Insurance Companies.    Will Your Homeowner Insurance Protect You If The Big One hits? As Hurricane Season …

  Dodgy Contractors Share Blame for High Rates, Last-Chance Insurer Says Don’t blame us for rising Premiums, Administrators of Florida’s High-Risk Property Insurance Pool told State Regulators Thursday — blame the Lawyers.  Michael Moline reports for FloridaPolitics.com on yesterday’s Citizens …

  State of Florida Challenges Ruling on State Farm Secrecy A Leon County Circuit Judge should have required Insurance Giant State Farm to prove its Policy-Count Data was valuable to Competitors before allowing the Company to hide the data from …

  Sides Line Up as Florida Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Weighed With a Legislative Battle brewing, State Regulators listened to hours of testimony Tuesday as they decide whether to approve a 19.6 percent Increase in Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates.  THE …

  Insurance Council Counters Challenge to Big Workers’ Comp Rate Hike An Insurance Industry Council moved Monday to block a Legal Challenge to proposed Workers’ Compensation Premium Increases of nearly 20 percent, warning that delay would threaten the solvency of …

  Florida Homeowners Insurer Olympus Adds Newby as VP of Claims Martin Newby will serve as Olympus’ Senior Claims Executive responsible for the Development, Implementation, Organization and Leadership of the Olympus Claims Programs and Initiatives. He brings more than 28 …

  State’s Largest Insurer Withdraws 8.1 Percent Rate-Hike Request for South Florida South Florida customers of the State’s largest Home Insurer earned a reprieve this week from looming Rate Hikes, the Sun-Sentinel’s Ron Hurtibise reports.    Florida Regulators to Take …