Category: Florida News

Pursuant to a February 9, 2010 Florida Department of Financial Services hearing, changes have been made to proposed Rules for an annual report card to be used by the Office of the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate in grading authorized personal residential …

Members of the FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting with Representative Bryan Nelson tomorrow, February 25, at 3:00 p.m.  The purpose of the meeting is to discuss proposed legislation relating to insurance fraud. The meeting will be held in Representative …

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced that it has finalized the first agreement of its kind with German reinsurer Hannover Ruckversicherung AG (Hannover Re), which now qualifies as Florida’s first reinsurer to capitalize on a new Florida law that reduces collateral …

    Note:  Until the March 2, 2010 Florida legislative bill filing deadline, Capitol to Courthouse Headliners will provide a listing of insurance-related bills filed each day.  This listing will be located at the end of the news headlines.   …

The Miami Herald published this article on February 22, 2010 BY DOUGLAS HANKS South Florida hotels finally hit bottom this winter and have begun a recovery from a brutal downturn. In Miami-Dade, the region’s largest hotel market, per-room revenue grew …

The Miami Herald published this editorial on February 23, 2010. In tough times, you bargain hunt for quality. There’s no better bargain today in higher education than the Florida Resident Access Grant, or FRAG. It helps high school graduates attend …

The Miami Herald published this article on February 23, 2010. BY KATHLEEN McGRORY Hoping to turn up the pressure in advance of next month’s legislative session, the Miami-Dade school district held a community forum Monday night to discuss its potential …

The Pew Center on the States, a public policy and civic information non-profit organization, issued a report today, February 23, 2010, entitled “The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children.”  A Pew press release on the report …

Following its approval by the Florida Cabinet on January 26, 2010, Rule 69O-189.003 relating to Workers’ Compensation; Application and Audit Procedures was filed with the Florida Department of State on February 18, 2010.  The Rule will be effective on March 10, …

Florida Property & Casualty Association Counsel, Colodny Fass, has been contacted by Florida officials requesting insurer information documenting public adjuster abuses.  Ideally, documentation is sought that demonstrates egregious public adjuster activities, such as proven fraud or significant evidence of fraudulent …