Category: Archive – Seminars

State Board of Administration Rulemaking Hearing

Jan 7, 2008

The Florida STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking for RULE NO: RULE TITLE19-8.010: Reimbursement Contract19-8.012: Procedures to Determine Ineligibility for Participation in the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and to Determine Exemption from Participation in …

Interior Department OKs expanded gambling at Seminole casinos

Jan 3, 2008

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com By Michael Turnbell and Jon Burstein South Florida Sun-Sentinel January 3, 2008 The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the gambling compact between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that would allow blackjack, baccarat and …

Florida audit warned of risky investments

Jan 3, 2008

By Aaron Deslatte Tallahassee Bureau January 3, 2008 TALLAHASSEE An internal audit conducted by the State Board of Administration last year red-flagged the agency for not adequately supervising risky investment decisions by its money managers. The report foreshadowed problems that …

Reinsurance prices fall on lack of storms-brokers

Jan 3, 2008

Reuters, 1/2/2008 (Reuters) – The cost of reinsurance has fallen after another relatively disaster-free year has likely led to large profits and increased pressure to cut prices, two of the world’s largest reinsurance brokers said on Wednesday. Prices have fallen …

Census: Fla. no longer a paradise

Jan 3, 2008

Miami Herald, 1/2/2008 It appears that the Sunshine State is losing some of its sparkle. Florida’s population grew slower in the year ending July 2007 than any year this decade, according to Census Bureau data released this week. More retirees, …

Insurance crunch hurts clients

Jan 3, 2008

Daytona Beach News Journal, 1/2/2008 Some small companies will cover ‘rejects,’ but it’s tough to find them By THOMAS S. BROWNBusiness Writer DAYTONA BEACH — While insurance giants grow increasingly picky about which homes they’ll cover in Volusia and Flagler …

Neil Frank disputes ‘questionable’ storm counts

Jan 3, 2008

Sun-Sentinel, 1/2/2008 A well-known name in hurricane-forecasting circles Neil Frank is challenging how the National Hurricane Center classifies storms. Last year, he contends, six of the 15 named systems may have been too weak to really deserve tropical storm status. …

State legislators hitting term limits

Jan 2, 2008

BY BILL COTTERELL FLORIDA TODAY Quick, what do term-limited Florida legislators have in common with Britney Spears? An inability to learn from mistakes, House Minority Leader Dan Gelber said. "We’ve become the ‘Oops, I did it again’ Legislature," said Gelber, …

2007 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit A Resounding Success

Jan 1, 2008

Attorneys from the law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny Fass, along with Property Casualty Insurers Association of America President Dave Sampson, insurance industry CEOs, regulators, trade association representatives and state lawmakers convened during December for a three-day, invitation-only “2007 …

State Sen. Gary Siplin celebrates reversed conviction

Jan 1, 2008

Orlando Sentinel, 1/1/2008 State Sen. Gary Siplin broke his silence Monday and spoke openly about the appeal-court reversal of his 2006 grand-theft conviction. Close to two dozen friends and family, including Orlando City Commissioners Daisy Lynum and Sam Ings and …