Category: Florida News

Florida lawmakers delay action on insurance bill

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published in the Bradenton Herald on February 8, 2011: Lawmakers delay action on insurance bill By Brent Kallestad www.bradenton.com TALLAHASSEE — A Senate committee delayed voting Monday on a proposed property insurance bill designed to crack …

Florida Senate Looking to Expand Commercial Deregulation

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published in the Insurance Journal on February 8, 2011: Florida Senate Looking to Expand Commercial Deregulation By Michael Adams   www.insurancejournal.com The Florida Senate and Banking Insurance Committee has approved a bill that would deregulate a …

Mercury Insurance suffers $23.6 million net loss

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published in Insurance News on February 8, 2011: Mercury Insurance Suffers $23.6M Net Loss www.insurancejournal.com Due in part to claims from California rainstorms and Florida sinkholes, Los Angeles-based Mercury Insurance reported a fourth quarter net loss …

Chinese company begins drywall remediation

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was posted to CNN’s news website on February 8, 2011: Chinese company begins drywall remediation By Rich Phillips www.cnn.com Eleanor Aguilar pounded a hole in her living room wall on Monday. You might say it was a …

Boca life insurance financing company IPO nets $169 million

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published in the South Florida Business Journal on February 8, 2011: Imperial Holdings IPO nets $169M By Brian Bandell http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/ Imperial Holdings expected to net $169 million from its IPO on Tuesday. The Boca Raton-based company …

Republican governors take on U.S. insurance exchanges

Feb 8, 2011

The following article was published by Reuters on February 7, 2011: Republican Governors take on U.S. insurance exchanges WASHINGTON (Reuters)—As Republican governors take on the U.S. health care reform law in courts, they are also challenging it on the administrative …