Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Nov 4, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: Citizens’ hurricane discount inspections broadened to include roof and sinkhole inspections Citizens Property Insurance inspectors will not only scour policyholders’ homes next year to see if they really qualify …
Nov 2, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: News Release: Homeowners Choice Receives Florida Regulatory Authorization to Assume up to 10,000 Citizens Policies in December Homeowners Choice, Inc., a Florida-based insurance holding company, today announced that its …
Nov 1, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: What do home insurers do with your premiums? “Reinsurance” under fire Ever wonder what your home insurer does with all the premiums you pay? No Hurricanes, …
Oct 29, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Lowe’s offers up to $100,000 to drywall victims Dramatic increase in settlement offer Lowe’s Companies Inc. amended a controversial Chinese drywall settlement so that customers who bought tainted …
Oct 28, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Separate State Farm Florida-Related Opinions Issued Today by District Courts of Appeal Florida’s Second and Third District Courts of Appeal issued opinions today in two separate property insurance cases …
Oct 28, 2010
The following articles by Paige St. John relating to Florida reinsurance issues were published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune beginning October 24, 2010. Following the articles are responses from various insurance industry representatives. Property insurers sending billions overseas Reinsurance …
Oct 27, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: ‘Victims everywhere’ in $100 million Fort Lauderdale-based Certified Services fraud The $100 million-plus scam behind the collapse of Fort Lauderdale’s Certified Services is a classic South Florida courtroom …
Oct 26, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: NAIC Surplus Lines Implementation Task Force Votes to Adopt Florida’s SLIMA Proposal The National Association of Insurance Commissioners Surplus Lines Implementation Task Force voted today to utilize Florida’s proposed …
Oct 25, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida property insurers sending billions overseas Reinsurance firms profit as reserves dwindle Never before have Floridians paid so much to protect themselves from hurricanes. And never have they …
Oct 22, 2010
Florida’s Agency for Workforce Innovation (“Agency”) released the State’s September 2010 employment figures today, October 22, 2010. Statistics show a slight increase in lost jobs from a month ago. The State’s seasonally adjusted September unemployment rate is 11.9 percent, …