Category: Florida News

Tampa Tribune, 11/12/2007 For Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani, Florida looms larger and larger as a crucial steppingstone on his path to winning the nomination.But he doesn’t have, and may never get, one key piece of help that could boost …

USA Today, 11/12/2007 Last January, Floridians decided they’d had enough of rising homeowners’ insurance rates. Tallahassee allowed a state-run company called Citizens Property Insurance to expand its coverage of private homes and businesses against damages from hurricanes and other disasters. …

USA Today, 11/12/2007 By Bill Nelson It suddenly appears Congress may create a national catastrophe-assistance program to brace millions of homeowners against natural disasters – and disastrous insurance rates. The House, by a 258-155 vote, has passed a plan by …

November 12, 2007 The nation’s reinsurance industry is criticizing Congressional natural disaster legislation as raising false hopes about addressing the homeowners insurance market in areas prone to hurricanes, at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and disenfranchising the private marketplace. The …

As Issued from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Legislation Eliminates Federal Bailouts and Provide Property Owners Relief by Increasing Acess and Lowering Insurance Rates     Washington, DC – Historic legislation authored by U.S. Reps. Ron Klein (FL-22) and Tim Mahoney …

  The following media advisory was issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”): ———————————————————————————   -FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION MEDIA ADVISORYNov. 9, 2007 WHAT:  PUBLIC RATE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR ALLSTATE COMPANIES – Allstate Floridian Indemnity, …

Some of Broward County’s children have it rough.

   Above:  Maria Elena Abate (left) and Amy Koltnow (right) Colodny Fass attorneys Maria Elena Abate and Amy Koltnow were recently featured on AM Best’s latest national podcast, entitled “An Important Supreme Court Decision Favoring Major Insurance Companies.” AM Best …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Crist praises Democrats on catastrophe billGov. Charlie Crist is reaching across the political isle to praise a pair of Florida Democrats, even though his own party wants to give them …

  On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) scheduled a public hearing on Rule 69O-186.017, relating to Certificates of Mortgage Release.  Customarily, the OIR schedules these hearings but will only hold them if they are formally …