Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Dec 7, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: Lawmakers to revive property insurance deregulation Florida lawmakers will make a major announcement Tuesday about Florida’s property insurance market. Palm Beach Tainted drywall victims may …
Dec 4, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty Schedules National Meeting on Chinese Drywall for Monday, Dec. 7 Commissioner McCarty, as the Chair of the NAIC’s Catastrophe Insurance Working Group …
Dec 3, 2009
Miami-Dade County announced today, December 3, 2009, that it will eliminate homeowner permitting and inspection fees for victims of Chinese drywall beginning in mid-December. The policy will be retroactive to victims who have already made Chinese drywall-related repairs. Average savings …
Dec 3, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Sparks Fly on Liability Early in Senate Rail Debate. Supporters of the rail bill that has pulled lawmakers into special session this …
Dec 3, 2009
Hurricane-proofing discounts attacked by insurance industry News-Journal Online–December 3, 2009 By JIM SAUNDERS Tallahassee Bureau Chief State leaders and the insurance industry have sent the message time and again to Florida homeowners. Add hurricane shutters, strengthen your roofs and …
Dec 2, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Insurance Commissioner: States should consider copying California in coordinated insurer Iranian divestment effort California’s insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California …
Dec 1, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: Tampa Bay home restoration executive charged by SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Tampa home restoration executive Brian M. Marshall of helping create a “fantasyland …
Nov 30, 2009
If improvement in the nation’s health care system is to occur, more equitable access to basic quality oral health care at affordable costs is necessary.1 Unfortunately, most dental practices can’t afford to accept many Medicaid recipients, thereby practically …
Nov 30, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Costly political workings of high-risk state insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is a bane to some people, a necessity to others. State Farm Florida Withdrawal …
Nov 25, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Supreme Court will hear case based on Florida’s beach renourishment program The sugar-white sand that stretches from Slade and Nancy Lindsay’s deck to the clear, green waters …