Category: Archive – Seminars

Orlando Sentinel–Feb. 24, 2008 Mike Thomas Florida’s great socialized insurance experiment is failing. The state cannot pay its bills if there is a major storm. Put another way, hurricane insurance in Florida is a fiction. Here is an explanation: Florida …

Insurance Journal–Feb. 22, 2008 By Brent Kallestad Property insurance wasn’t supposed to be the big issue in the 2008 Florida Legislature. To the chagrin of many lawmakers, it just won’t go away. Legislators thought they’d largely taken care of the …

State Farm, the state’s largest private insurer, won’t write new homeowners policies starting March 1 as it seeks to reduce its exposure to hurricane losses. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Miami Herald–Feb. 24, 2008 In a move certain to deepen Florida’s …

The Florida Division of Emergency Management will conduct a Hurricane Loss Mitigation Advisory Council meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. on February 25 at the State Logistics Response Center, 2702 Directors Row, Orlando, FL.

The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission ("TBRC") will hold various meetings on February 25 and 26. To view a complete TBRC meeting schedule, click here.

Insurance Journal–Feb. 20, 2008 Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has ordered six workers’ compensation insurance companies to return $4.2 million in what his agency says are excessive profits to their policyholders. By law, workers’ compensation insurers operating in Florida are …

Bradenton Herald–Feb. 21, 2008 Headlines and reports of government leaders and oversight agencies battling the insurance industry, insurance companies on trial for alleged conspiracy and withholding documents, allegations of massive profits by private companies and profiteering on the backs of …

Claims Magazine–Feb. 20, 2008By Eric Gilkey, Managing Editor Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Florida ’s largest insurer and government-funded insurer of last resort, has cancelled its request for proposals for claim administration services for daily claims. In a posting on its …

Worried that it couldn’t pay for a big hit, state may reduce its fund that aids insurers Herald Tribune–Feb. 21, 2008 TALLAHASSEE This is the first in a series of stories looking at major issues facing the Florida Legislature, which …

Advisers warn weak financial markets may harm any plan. By PAIGE ST. JOHNNYT REGIONAL MEDIA GROUPThe Ledger–Feb. 21, 2008 TALLAHASSEE | Still miffed that their gamble to reduce out-of-control insurance premiums largely failed last year, Florida lawmakers are about to …