Category: Florida News

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Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Crist’s property tax push begins in Jacksonville Already having counteracted property tax cuts by eliminating some city programs and approving various fees, Jacksonville officials have decried losing up to $75 …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has just released the following:   ————————————————————————   -NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION-   For Immediate Release: Contact:   Ed Domansky OR Tom Zutell850/413-2515   FLORIDA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MCCARTY APPROVES …

  The following information was just released by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”):   ——————————————————————————   -NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION-   For Immediate Release: Contact:   Ed Domansky OR Tom Zutell                 850/ 413-2515 REPORT SHOWS MIXED …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Insurance failures spawn new levy on Florida policies The $500 million tab for cleaning up the biggest insurance company collapse in Florida history is about to get bigger. And that …

On October 12, 2007, pursuant to § 631.57(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) Board of Directors certified to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”)  the need for a 2% assessment upon its member insurers. The OIR …

Florida Today, 10/30/2007 Ins and outs of property-tax cutsTax cuts by county A bitterly divided Legislature voted Monday to put a $12 billion property-tax relief package before voters Jan. 29 in a plan hatched largely behind closed doors only the …

Palm Beach Post, 10/29/2007 State regulators on Monday gave four small insurers permission to make ‘take-out’ offers to 173,000 customers of Citizens Property Insurance beginning Nov. 7. The offers will come as good news for homeowners, who might be able …

The following information was just released by Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink’s Press Office: ——————————————————- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 October 29, 2007                                                                               CONTACT: Tara Klimek or Brannon Jordan (850) 413-2842       MY SAFE FLORIDA HOME PROGRAM INCREASES STANDARDS FOR INSPECTION FIRMS …

The following information was released earlier today by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”): ——————————————————- -NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION- For Immediate Release:                    Contact:   Ed Domansky or Tom Zutell                850/ 413-2515 PRIVATE INSURERS FIND WAY TO …