Category: Archive – Seminars

  Time running out for proposals to stem insurance abuse The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday postponed a vote on a measure that would regulate homeowners’ ability to sign over their right to collect insurance benefits to third parties, FloridaPolitics.com …

  FEMA Responds to Florida’s Flood Rate Request, Sort Of The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has responded to Florida’s request to review the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rates and it may not be as forthcoming and helpful as …

  Florida Insurance Regulator Approves Aetna’s Acquisition of Humana Florida’s insurance regulator approved Aetna Inc.’s acquisition of Humana Inc., and required no divestitures, an important win for the companies from a state that is a key market.  Reuters reports via …

  Florida home insurance:  How safe is it after record Citizens drop? Florida, land of the nation’s costliest home insurance, has reached a new era in early 2016. State-run Citizens Property Insurance is no longer the company with the most …

  Florida Lawmakers Want To Overhaul Homeowner Insurance Claim Process Many homeowners use assignment of benefits after an emergency to hand insurance payment directly to contractors. But former Insurance Consumer Advocate Steve Burgess says assignments can lead to higher premiums.  …

  Property Insurance Reforms Could Keep Down Premium Costs Never underestimate the ability of the legal class to find new ways to extract money from the insurance industry – and indirectly from the consumer.  The most recent example is related …

  Florida renters pay $279 more for car insurance, survey finds Florida drivers are being charged an average of 10 percent more, or $279 a year, for car insurance simply because they rent instead of own their home, according to …

  Florida Fights Back Against Assignment of Benefits Abuse Florida insurers, consumer and insurance advocates, as well as regulators, are hoping 2016 may finally be the year that legislators address the misuse of assignment of benefits for water loss claims …

  Florida’s Insurance Regulation Grade Sinks in R-Street Report Florida’s insurance regulatory climate report sunk from a D+ to a D in this year’s R-Street state-by-state report.   Insurance abuse reform bills show signs of stalling Proposed laws aimed at …

Florida Governor declares Zika emergency Governor Rick Scott declared a health emergency in four Florida counties Wednesday after at least nine cases of the mosquito-borne Zika illness were detected, the Associated Press’Tamara Lush and Gary Fineout report via the Tampa …