Category: Florida News

  Hermine Damage Leads to Federal Disaster Declaration for Florida Florida has received a Federal Disaster Declaration because of damage from Hurricane Hermine. This gives Businesses and Homeowners access to Federal Assistance to recover from the storm.  SunshineStateNews.com reports.   …

  At its meeting today, September 28, 2016, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Board of Governors (“Board”) approved a series of changes to Citizens’ depopulation program that are intended to simplify the takeout process and further improve customer involvement. …

  Insurer Citizens Expects 65,000 Customers to Leave By End of 2016 Florida’s State-Run Insurer expects 65,000 of its Customers will switch to Private Competitors by the end of 2016, a major slowdown compared to the exodus of the past two years.  The …

  After its review of the workers’ compensation insurance rate filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) and consideration of hundreds of public comments and testimony received from interested stakeholders, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) …

  Comments on the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s proposed 2017-2018 Reimbursement Contract will be accepted until October 21, 2016.   The corresponding Rule, 19-8.010, is in process of being amended by Florida’s State Board of Administration to implement Section 215.555, F.S.  …

  After 3-Week Delay Telling Public About Contaminated Sinkhole, Governor Rick Scott Wants Faster Notice For three weeks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Officials kept mum about a Phosphate Mine’s 300-Foot-Deep Sinkhole that dumped 215 million gallons of Contaminated Water into the …

  Stand Your Ground insurance? It is Florida, After All Why should we be surprised at this latest Insanity about Florida, Guns and The American Way?  The Tampa Bay Times’ Sue Carlton wonders.   West Palm’s Flood Rule:  New Homes …

  The Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) reported today, September 23, 2016, that the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has published a new proposed draft of the public adjuster-related “Prompt Notice Rule,” Rule 69B-220.051, entitled “Conduct of Public Adjusters …

  Governor Scott Defends Environmental Agency’s Handling of Sinkhole Water Spill Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday came to the defense of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over its handling of a spill of 215 million gallons of Contaminated …

  Water damage property loss trends have far from stabilized in Florida, it was reported at Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s (“Citizens”) Consumer Services Committee (“Committee”) meeting this week on September 15, 2016.   Collectively for all carriers, overall claims-related lawsuits …