Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Jan 21, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida municipality hopes insurers will pay for canal car retrievals The Margate Fire-Rescue Department may start charging $1,000 to recover cars from its canals. Lennar to replace …
Jan 21, 2009
Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) has extended the deadline to January 31 for public companies’ participation in a Web-based survey about the costs and benefits of Section 404 of …
Jan 20, 2009
Barack Obama became the 44th president of the United States today. Click here to read the text of his Inaugural Address To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Where Obama stands on Florida …
Jan 16, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Alex Sink won’t run for Mel Martinez’s Senate seat Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced Friday that she’s not running for the U.S. Senate, opening the door to …
Jan 15, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: S&P: Florida Hurricane Fund, Citizens’ Guaranty Fund Ratings to Negative Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised the outlook to negative from stable on Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (AA-), …
Jan 14, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: State insurers’ exposure to hurricane losses tops $2-trillion Florida’s exposure to costly hurricane damage continues to escalate sharply despite ongoing efforts to shore up homes and discourage coastal …
Jan 13, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens Insurance Rate Freeze Might Be Extended Legislation is in the works to extend the two-year freeze on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner policy rate increases Florida lawmakers imposed …
Jan 12, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: OIR Issues Final Order Denying State Farm Rate Increase The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) issued a Final Order today, January 12, 2009, affirming the ruling of …
Jan 9, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Bill introduced asking for $2.35 billion to improve hurricane research U.S. Representatives Alcee L. Hastings, D-Miramar, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Miami, today introduced a bill authorizing $2.35 billion to …
Jan 8, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: State workers’ comp rates down 60 percent, report shows Workers’ compensation rates in the state have fallen an average of more than 60 percent since a major legislative …