Category: Florida News

Insurance-Related Legislative Meetings The Florida House and Senate each have released Interim Calendars for the week of February 18-22. To view the Senate Interim Calendar for the week of February 18-22, click here. To view the House Interim Calendar for …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Committee seeks all internal documents regarding insurance bill A special Senate committee asked Allstate Insurance company executives to provide them more documents within two weeks in a letter …

Happy Valentines Day from Colodny Fass! Click on a headline to read the complete story:   EDITORIAL: Florida Senate making headway on property insurance It’s become easy to find fault with the Florida Legislature. But one group of lawmakers has …

On Thursday, February 14, 2008, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) held a meeting of its Finance and Investment Committee (“Committee”) to discuss Citizens’ liquidity and claims-paying resources. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bruce Douglas, with the following …

Governor Charlie Crist and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink both made announcements today, February 14, 2008, on matters regarding Florida’s environmental and energy policies. Both press releases are reprinted below for your review. Should you have any questions or comments, please …

Florida Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) Alex Sink is scheduled to speak today, February 14, 2008, at the United Nations as part of a panel of leading institutional investors at an all-day conference entitled “Investor Summit on Climate Risk.” CFO Sink will join …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Milligan favors new windstorm proposal The state should begin making the effort to move out of the private property insurance business, and the first step may be a proposed …

On Monday, February 11, 2008, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”) of the United States House of Representatives held a field hearing entitled “The Homeowners’ Insurance Crisis and its Impact on Communities, Homeowners and the Economy” in Palm Beach County, …

On Wednesday, February 13, 2008, a representative of this firm attended the Board of Directors’ (“Board”) Meeting of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”). Several reports were provided to the Board and actions were taken on necessary items. Below is …

On Friday, February 8, 2008, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) held a meeting of its Operations Committee (“Committee”) to discuss service provider fee adjustments and selection process, disaster data recovery, document management and retention, and general business …