Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

    Reprinted from Insurance Journal www.insurancejournal.com By Jeffrey McMurray July 2, 2010   Horse racing safety advocates are proposing national systems for tracking jockey injuries and sharing horse pre-race medical records in an effort to reduce accidents. The third …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   SBA’s Deadline for Physical Damage Disaster Loan Applications in Florida is July 26 The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations located in Hardee, …

Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida regulatory events for the week of July 5-9, 2010: Note:  The Florida Administrative Web site is down for maintenance from Friday, July 2 to Monday, July 5.  All applicable hyperlinks will resume normal function after …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:  Florida insurance regulators: state’s catastrophic risk overblown A recent Government Accountability Office report that Florida’s state insurance programs are the riskiest in the country is dead wrong, …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:     Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher joins Board of Professional Bank Thomas Gallagher, Florida’s former CFO and insurance commissioner, has joined the board of Coral Gables-based Professional …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Condo owners at uninsured complex that burned have little recourse Days before their condo building burned, residents of Park South Six gathered to hear their association president say …

  In a ruling published today, June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court struck down part of a 2002 law that created the national Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to police auditors of public companies.  To view the Supreme Court …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Weiss Ratings:  Floridians have greatest selection of home insurers Eight companies control only 38.4% of State’s market share In most hurricane-prone states(1), homeowners have few choices of insurance …

Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida regulatory events for the week of June 28 – July 2, 2010: Note:  All times are Eastern Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type.    FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS      Tuesday, …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Chief McCarty Calls for ‘Substantive Change’ in Property Market Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty thinks the time has come for the private insurance industry and public leaders to …