Category: Florida News

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   PCI, Florida Chamber:  Polling Data Demonstrates Floridians’ Support For Long-Term, Market-Based Property Insurance Solutions Polling data reveals that the majority of Florida voters understand that long term property …

  Statutory revisions to the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form (“Form OIR-B1-1802”) will be the focus of an upcoming Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Rule Development Workshop on proposed Rule 69O-170.0155, entitled “Forms.” Form OIR-B1-1802 is used in documenting …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty:  Insurance rates expected to climb Don’t expect masses of insurance companies to race to jack up rates come January when the provision requiring them …

The following article was published by The News Service of Florida on August 11, 2010: By JOSH HAFENBRACK THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA WASHINGTON, D.C, Aug. 11, 2010……Gov. Charlie Crist’s pitch was simple: Florida is united this time, from school …

  Above: Georgia Senator Ralph Hudgens won the Republican Primary Run-Off for State Insurance Commissioner today, August 10, 2010.   Georgia Senator Ralph Hudgens emerged victorious today, August 10, 2010, in the Republican Primary Run-Off Election for the State’s Insurance Commissioner …

    Above:  Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene held their second debate today in the studios of WKMG-TV in Orlando.  The station will Webcast the event tonight at 9:00 p.m.  To view the event, click here (viewing instructions to …

  The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Producer Committee (“Committee”) met via teleconference on August 9, 2010 and approved two items related to the FWCJUA’s new online producer application process.  Beginning September 1, 2010, the organization will require that …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   McCarty Says More Florida Insurer Reviews To Come  Florida’s top insurance regulator vowed to do more financial reviews of the state’s insurers like the ones his office performed at …

The Tallahassee Democrat published the following letter to the editor by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on August 8, 2010:     The Office of Insurance Regulation has endured many attacks from detractors regarding its solvency review for homeowners insurance …

The following article was published by Florida Underwriter on August 5, 2010: Thanks to a string of very good luck — namely, four consecutive years of calm hurricane seasons — the Florida property insurance market appears able to absorb the …