Category: Florida News

The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 63015#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the February 5, 2010 meeting, …

The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is: 800.369.1285; conference code: 63016#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the February 8 and January …

Wisconsin Lawyer Appraisal Provision Validated: Setting the amount of insured loss Vol. 83, No. 2, February 2010 In Farmers Automobile Insurance Ass’n v. Union Pacific Railway Co., the Wisconsin Supreme Court set forth the standard for vacating or modifying insurance …

  Changes to state law relating to the mediation of disputed property insurance claims are being considered by the Florida Senate.  A draft of the proposed legislation is attached for Florida Property & Casualty Association member review and comment.  This feedback will …

The Miami Herald published this story on February 18, 2010. By NIRVI SHAH Florida’s attorney general subpoenaed eight companies operating in Florida based on consumer complaints that they have been running employment scams. Customers have complained that the quality of …

The Miami Herald published this story on February 18, 2010 By BILL KACZOR Associated Press Writer Florida’s $127 billion public employee pension fund is a national leader but the state’s non-pension health care plan for retirees needs improvement, says a …

The Miami Herald published this story on February 18, 2010. Florida consumers will be hit with a higher surcharge on their insurance policies to cover losses from 2005 storms. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA The fund that backs up private insurers …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on February 18, 2010. By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 18, 2010……..The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that a petition-signature revocation law, passed in 2007, substantially burdened the rights of citizen-led …

    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.   …

In his opening address at the Statewide Space Industry Summit today, February 18, 2010, Florida Governor Charlie Crist introduced new legislation that would provide assistance for new and expanding Florida aerospace businesses.  To access a live Webcast of the event on FloridaToday.com, …