Category: Florida News

COMMENTARY: Crist’s insurance plans simply don’t add up

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 …

State Farm: No new homeowners policies

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 …

Five Execs Found Guilty of Fraud in Gen Re-AIG Feb. 25 Trial

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Monday, Feb. 25

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 …

TBRC Meetings

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.

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, Feb. 22

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 …