Category: Florida News
Mar 31, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida’s Crist Opposes, Bush Backs Bill Deregulating Insurance Prices Tallahassee politicians must ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a major …
Mar 31, 2010
THis article appeared in The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) on March 31, 2010: By Mark Schleifstein Five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the New Orleans region, it may come as a surprise that the metropolitan area with the most to …
Mar 30, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens has successful bond pre-sale Amid predictions of an active hurricane season this year, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is bulking up its reserves with a $2.4 billion …
Mar 30, 2010
Above: State Representative Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel (right), confers with Rules and Calendar Council Chair, State Representative Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, during a floor session on March 23, 2010. Representative Weatherford is the sponsor of HB 1509, which relates to economic development …
Mar 30, 2010
The Miami Herald publised this letter on March 30, 2010. BY ALBERTO M. CARVALHO www.dadeschools.net The numbers don’t lie, and the equation is alarmingly simple: Shrinking property values + less money from the state = a projected $190 million shortfall …
Mar 30, 2010
A Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation (“Division”) Rule Development Workshop relating to proposed Rule 69L-6.026 was not held today, March 30, 2010, because no attendees were present. The proposed Rule, entitled “Periodic Reports,” would establish required reporting procedures for employers …
Mar 30, 2010
The following appeared in The Buzz, a St. Petersburg Times blog on Florida Politics, on March 29, 2010: Jeb Bush waded into the property insurance debate Monday in an interview with the Associated Press. The former governor endorsed a …
Mar 30, 2010
This article appeared in National Underwriter on March 29, 2010: By PHIL GUSMAN DENVER-The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) plans to release a draft white paper on Chinese drywall problems by the summer, the association’s Catastrophe Insurance Working Group …
Mar 30, 2010
The following article appeared in Sunshine State News on March 30, 2010: By Kenric Ward Amid predictions of an active hurricane season this year, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is bulking up its reserves with a $2.4 billion bond offering. Last …
Mar 29, 2010
Find this article at: http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/03/26/108517.htm March 26, 2010 As insurance and real estate agents and homeowners feared, Congress left Washington without extending the federal flood insurance program. Congress adjourned until April 12 after failing to agree on an unemployment …