Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference tomorrow, February 26, at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 63016#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the February 8 and January 22 meetings, are …

The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference tomorrow, February 26, at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 63015#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the February 5, 2010 meeting, are attached.  …

The FPCA Automobile Division is scheduled to meet with Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty in Tallahassee on March 23, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.  Members are encouraged to attend.  Please RSVP your attendance to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) as soon as possible.

    Note:  Until the March 2, 2010 Florida legislative bill filing deadline, Capitol to Courthouse Headliners will provide a listing of insurance-related bills filed each day.  This listing will be located at the end of the news headlines.   …

Members of the FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting with Representative Bryan Nelson tomorrow, February 25, at 3:00 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss proposed legislation relating to insurance fraud. The meeting will be held in Representative …

    Note:  Until the March 2, 2010 Florida legislative bill filing deadline, Capitol to Courthouse Headliners will provide a listing of insurance-related bills filed each day.  This listing will be located at the end of the news headlines.   …

The Pew Center on the States, a public policy and civic information non-profit organization, issued a report today, February 23, 2010, entitled “The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children.”  A Pew press release on the report …

Florida Property & Casualty Association Counsel, Colodny Fass, has been contacted by Florida officials requesting insurer information documenting public adjuster abuses.  Ideally, documentation is sought that demonstrates egregious public adjuster activities, such as proven fraud or significant evidence of fraudulent …

    Note:  Until the March 2, 2010 Florida legislative bill filing deadline, Capitol to Courthouse Headliners will provide a listing of insurance-related bills filed each day.  This listing will be located at the end of the news headlines.   …

The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Operations Committee (“Committee”) met on February 17, 2010.  The agenda and meeting materials are attached. As part of the agenda, the Committee considered whether to extend or re-bid contracts for collection services …