Category: Florida News
Feb 25, 2008
Orlando Sentinel–Feb. 24, 2008 Mike Thomas Florida’s great socialized insurance experiment is failing. The state cannot pay its bills if there is a major storm. Put another way, hurricane insurance in Florida is a fiction. Here is an explanation: Florida …
Feb 25, 2008
Insurance Journal–Feb. 22, 2008 By Brent Kallestad Property insurance wasn’t supposed to be the big issue in the 2008 Florida Legislature. To the chagrin of many lawmakers, it just won’t go away. Legislators thought they’d largely taken care of the …
Feb 25, 2008
State Farm, the state’s largest private insurer, won’t write new homeowners policies starting March 1 as it seeks to reduce its exposure to hurricane losses. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Miami Herald–Feb. 24, 2008 In a move certain to deepen Florida’s …
Feb 25, 2008
A federal court jury in Hartford, Connecticut has found four former General Re Corp. executives and one former American International Group executive guilty of corporate fraud and conspiracy charges stemming from allegations that the five helped cook AIG’s books in …
Feb 25, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: State Farm: No new homeowners policies State Farm, the state’s largest private insurer, won’t write new homeowners policies starting March 1 as it seeks to reduce its exposure to …
Feb 25, 2008
The Florida Division of Emergency Management will conduct a Hurricane Loss Mitigation Advisory Council meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. on February 25 at the State Logistics Response Center, 2702 Directors Row, Orlando, FL.
Feb 25, 2008
The Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission ("TBRC") will hold various meetings on February 25 and 26. To view a complete TBRC meeting schedule, click here.
Feb 22, 2008
 To view a story, click on a headline below:  Homeowner’s suit contends State Farm Florida withheld insurance discounts State Farm Florida Insurance Co., Florida’s largest property insurer, is accused of failing to provide discounts to windstorm policy holders …
Feb 22, 2008
A copy of the FWCJUA Board of Governors meeting packet is attached for your review. Â Â
Feb 22, 2008
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) and ICAT Managers, LLC (“ICAT”) today announced that ICAT will continue to issue Citizens’ wind-only commercial nonresidential policies into 2008. Citizens will begin issuing and servicing new commercial nonresidential multi-peril policies internally when its new …