Category: Archive – Seminars

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, Nov. 13

Nov 13, 2007

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Audrey Brown Promoted To Chief Of Staff At Florida Office Of Insurance Regulation Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that he has promoted Audrey Brown to the position of chief of …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Monday, Nov. 12

Nov 12, 2007

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Our view on catastrophic coverage: When the government sells insurance, everybody pays Last January, Floridians decided they’d had enough of rising homeowners’ insurance rates.    Opposing view: Spread the risk …

Crist Dances Around GOP Endorsement

Nov 12, 2007

Tampa Tribune, 11/12/2007 For Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani, Florida looms larger and larger as a crucial steppingstone on his path to winning the nomination.But he doesn’t have, and may never get, one key piece of help that could boost …

Senator Bill Nelson’s Opposing view: Spread the risk

Nov 12, 2007

USA Today, 11/12/2007 By Bill Nelson It suddenly appears Congress may create a national catastrophe-assistance program to brace millions of homeowners against natural disasters – and disastrous insurance rates. The House, by a 258-155 vote, has passed a plan by …

Reinsurers Blast Federal Disaster Backup Plan Advancing in Congress

Nov 12, 2007

November 12, 2007 The nation’s reinsurance industry is criticizing Congressional natural disaster legislation as raising false hopes about addressing the homeowners insurance market in areas prone to hurricanes, at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and disenfranchising the private marketplace. The …

House Passes Klein-Mahoney Homeowners Insurance Bill

Nov 11, 2007

As Issued from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Legislation Eliminates Federal Bailouts and Provide Property Owners Relief by Increasing Acess and Lowering Insurance Rates     Washington, DC – Historic legislation authored by U.S. Reps. Ron Klein (FL-22) and Tim Mahoney …

Colodny Fass Attorneys Featured in AM Best National Podcast

Nov 9, 2007

   Above:  Maria Elena Abate (left) and Amy Koltnow (right) Colodny Fass attorneys Maria Elena Abate and Amy Koltnow were recently featured on AM Best’s latest national podcast, entitled “An Important Supreme Court Decision Favoring Major Insurance Companies.” AM Best …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, Nov. 9

Nov 9, 2007

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Crist praises Democrats on catastrophe billGov. Charlie Crist is reaching across the political isle to praise a pair of Florida Democrats, even though his own party wants to give them …