Category: Florida News
Jan 1, 2008
Attorneys from the law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny Fass, along with Property Casualty Insurers Association of America President Dave Sampson, insurance industry CEOs, regulators, trade association representatives and state lawmakers convened during December for a three-day, invitation-only “2007 …
Jan 1, 2008
Orlando Sentinel, 1/1/2008 State Sen. Gary Siplin broke his silence Monday and spoke openly about the appeal-court reversal of his 2006 grand-theft conviction. Close to two dozen friends and family, including Orlando City Commissioners Daisy Lynum and Sam Ings and …
Jan 1, 2008
Sarasota Herald Tribune, 1/1/2008 ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Travelers Cos. Inc., one of the nation’s largest commercial insurers, has settled a lawsuit and separately will pay $6 million to settle several state investigations over how it paid brokers, the …
Jan 1, 2008
Pensacola News Journal, 1/1/2008 TALLAHASSEE – Only five new laws took effect today, but ignoring one big legal requirement could get Florida drivers in a lot of trouble. A section of the restored no-fault/personal injury protection insurance law requires drivers …
Jan 1, 2008
Palm Beach Post, 1/1/2008 The party’s over. And no, we’re not talking about New Year’s Eve. Mandatory no-fault auto insurance is back today, and the million-plus Florida drivers who’ve been pocketing hundreds of dollars in premium savings since October because …
Jan 1, 2008
Orlando Sentinel, 1/1/2008 Florida is the largest workers’ compensation insurance market in the nation dominated by private market insurers, according to a state report released this morning. The annual report to the Florida Legislature on the state of the market …
Jan 1, 2008
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has released its annual state of the market report for workers’ compensation insurance to the Florida Legislature. To view the report, click here, or download the attached file. The OIR’s press release on the report …
Jan 1, 2008
By Bill Cotterell FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR Gov. Charlie Crist has seen the end of an eight-year decline in state employment, but the average salaries of workers in Florida’s government agencies and their rate of pay raises lag behind …
Jan 1, 2008
By Mike Vogel – 1/1/2008 Chasing opportunity, several companies last year took 225,000 policies off the hands of Florida’s state-subsidized insurer, Citizens Property Insurance. Meanwhile, Hollywood-based property management company Continental Group launched a self-insurance fund offering property coverage to the …
Jan 1, 2008
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Property taxes didn’t "drop like a rock" during Gov. Charlie Crist’s first year in office, but neither did his approval rating. The Republican weathered a difficult year well, despite making only modest gains on two of the …