Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Jan 7, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens should hike insurance rates, task force says Citizens Property Insurance should be allowed to end its three-year rate freeze and start aggressively hiking homeowner insurance rates as …
Jan 6, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: First Southern Bank to get $10.9M in TARP money First Southern Bank has become the first South Florida-based bank to receive preliminary approval to receive money from the …
Jan 5, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens May Lift Rate Freeze Policyholders of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could face sizable rate increases and lose the option to stay with the state-backed property insurer if …
Dec 30, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Buffett Wins $224 Million Storm Bet With Florida Billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won a $224 million bet that Florida would escape major damage from hurricanes this …
Dec 29, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida to Receive $8.5 Million in Medicaid Settlement with Pharmaceutical Company Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida will receive a total of $8.5 million as part …
Dec 24, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Conseco faces license woes for misleading customers State regulators have ordered Conseco Life Insurance Co. to show cause why its Florida license should not be revoked or suspended …
Dec 23, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Justices: nursing homes exempt from records law The Florida Supreme Court says a state constitutional amendment letting patients check records of past medical mistakes doesn’t apply to nursing …
Dec 22, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: A.M. Best Restores Ratings of Insurers Tied to Florida Hurricane Fund Following the completion of the 2008 hurricane season, A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review and …
Dec 19, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Condos may lose insurance perk Officials of a self-insurance fund that has cut windstorm insurance costs for 18 condominiums in Palm Beach and Broward Counties vowed Thursday to …
Dec 18, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Compact seeks to expand autism coverage Insurance companies, HMOs and employers must determine whether they will sign a new compact to extend benefits for persons with autism to …