Category: Florida News

    Panel seeks changes to Florida’s workers’ comp billing and new drug formulary A state workers’ compensation advisory panel voted Wednesday to ask the Legislature to consider letting regulators establish a drug formulary, Michael Moline reports for FloridaPolitics.com.   …

  FPL Looks to Recoup Hurricane Matthew Costs Florida Power & Light is seeking approval to collect $318.5 million from customers to recoup costs from Hurricane Matthew and to replenish a storm reserve, according to documents filed at the Florida …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) advised today, January 3, 2017, that it will reinstate the 2012 Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) assessment for both Citizens’ Personal and Commercial Lines policies.  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) approved …

  Motorist Files Suit Against State Farm Florida Over Underinsured Motorist Claim A Sanford motorist alleges his Insurer wrongfully denied his Claim after an accident.  Jenie Mallari-Torres reports for the Florida Record.   Airbnb Hopes to Partner with Escambia County in 2017 …

  Jeff Atwater:  Arrest Made in $100,000 Fraud Against Citizens Insurance Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater on Thursday announced the arrest of a Miami Man on Charges that he posed as a Licensed Public Adjuster to Defraud Citizens Property Insurance …

  The Florida Commission on Loss Projection Methodology (“FCHLPM”) advised today that the AIR Worldwide Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Model Version 15.0.2 as implemented in Touchstone Version 4.2.0 is acceptable under the FCHLPM’s 2013 Standards and is considered equivalent to the …

  The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Investigative and Forensic Services (“DIFS”), which operates under the direction of Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, announced the arrest of Julian Garcia-Sellek of Miami on multiple felony fraud and grand theft …

  After Two Hurricanes in 2016, a Dry Florida Faces a New Threat in 2017: Wildfires Florida was drenched by two hurricanes in 2016, yet it faces a completely different problem in 2017: an increased risk of wildfires this winter.  …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) published the following information (reprinted below) in its regular agents’ bulletin today, December 21, 2016:   Depopulation: Policyholder Choice Citizens is changing the depopulation process for all personal lines assumptions, beginning with the …

  At the request of Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) has granted another extension giving National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”) policyholders in Florida an extra 30 days (until January 31, 2017) to file claims …