Category: Florida News

A Joint Audit Committee Workgroup (“Workgroup”) of the Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) and the Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guarantee Association (“FWCIGA”) met via teleconference on Friday, July 15, 2010 and voted to approve a Request for Proposal (“RFP”) for …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Freeze and sinkholes expose need for new water strategy The growers, who have been struggling to protect their crops from freeze damage for nearly two weeks, are …

The Florida Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (“OPPAGA”) published its report on public adjuster representation in Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) claims today, January 15, 2010. Under the provisions of House Bill 1495, which was signed into …

Update:   To view the meeting notice, click here. The Rule Hearing originally scheduled to be held January 4 on a mandated annual insurer report card Rule has been rescheduled for February 9.  Corrections to the previous version of the Rule …

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“FCHLPM”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) will hold the first of two January meetings on Friday, January 15 from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the …

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“Commission”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) will finalize its statutory report of recommendations for improving the State’s wind mitigation credit system on January 15.  To view the Committee’s draft report, click here.  The …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida “safe” from earthquakes “Florida is one of the most stable places on the planet,” said Florida International University professor Grenville Draper, who has studied and mapped …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 14, 2009. BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com A workers’ compensation insurance company spent more than $28,000 on Helmuth Droege after the Miami computer salesman claimed he broke his arm during a fall at …

Rule Chapter 69L-24, entitled “Insurers’ Standards and Practices,” was adopted by the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) and became effective on January 12, 2010.  Full texts of each Rule can be viewed by clicking the …

Materials from the January 12 Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Advisory Council meeting that include 2009 FHCF charts and statistics have been published.  To access the complete presentation, click here. During the January 12 meeting, the FHCF Advisory Council discussed …