Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, January 21

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 …

SEC Staff Extends Sarbanes-Oxley Survey to January 31

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, January 16

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Thursday, January 15

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-), …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, January 14

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, January 13

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Monday, January 12

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, January 9

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 …