Category: Archive – Seminars

Insurer to pay $6 million to Florida and other states

Jan 1, 2008

Sarasota Herald Tribune, 1/1/2008 ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Travelers Cos. Inc., one of the nation’s largest commercial insurers, has settled a lawsuit and separately will pay $6 million to settle several state investigations over how it paid brokers, the …

5 new laws took effect today

Jan 1, 2008

Pensacola News Journal, 1/1/2008 TALLAHASSEE – Only five new laws took effect today, but ignoring one big legal requirement could get Florida drivers in a lot of trouble. A section of the restored no-fault/personal injury protection insurance law requires drivers …

No-fault coverage required again

Jan 1, 2008

Palm Beach Post, 1/1/2008 The party’s over. And no, we’re not talking about New Year’s Eve. Mandatory no-fault auto insurance is back today, and the million-plus Florida drivers who’ve been pocketing hundreds of dollars in premium savings since October because …

Florida Trend: Insurance 2008

Jan 1, 2008

By Mike Vogel – 1/1/2008 Chasing opportunity, several companies last year took 225,000 policies off the hands of Florida’s state-subsidized insurer, Citizens Property Insurance. Meanwhile, Hollywood-based property management company Continental Group launched a self-insurance fund offering property coverage to the …

Crist remains popular after a tough first year in office

Jan 1, 2008

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Property taxes didn’t "drop like a rock" during Gov. Charlie Crist’s first year in office, but neither did his approval rating. The Republican weathered a difficult year well, despite making only modest gains on two of the …

Captives Seek IRS Change Of Mind

Dec 26, 2007

BY ARTHUR D. POSTALNU Online News Service, Dec. 26, 1:13 p.m. EST Groups representing captive insurers made a concerted appeal to the Internal Revenue Service asking it to withdraw a proposal that would change the way captives deduct losses, saying …

President Signs TRIA

Dec 26, 2007

BY ARTHUR D. POSTALNU Online News Service, Dec. 26, 4:01 p.m. EST WASHINGTON —President Bush today signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act extending the federal backstop on terrorism risk insurance until the end of 2014. The bill (H.R. 2761 – …