Category: Florida News
Dec 18, 2009
The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“Commission”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) met today, December 18, 2009, in Tallahassee. The agenda included a review of the problems and possible solutions relating to Florida’s windstorm mitigation credit system. Pursuant to …
Dec 18, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Lawmakers ask if Citizens rates went up enough? When lawmakers decided earlier this year that rates for coverage by Citizens Property Insurance …
Dec 18, 2009
The Miami Herald published this article on December 18, 2009. FEMA is in the process of updating Broward County’s flood maps, which will likely be finished next year. The last maps, completed in 1997, show that the vast majority of …
Dec 18, 2009
The Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board (“FHIAB”) met on December 15, 2009. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, who chairs the FHIAB, was not present, so Florida Deputy Insurance Commissioner Mary Beth Senkewicz chaired the meeting instead. To view the agenda, click …
Dec 18, 2009
The Miami Herald published this article on December 18, 2009. BY SCOTT ANDRON sandron@MiamiHerald.com Florida’s unemployment rate continued to rise last month, up two-tenths of a point to 11.5 percent, the state labor department said Friday. It was the highest …
Dec 18, 2009
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on December 17, 2009 By DAVID ROYSE THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 17, 2009……When lawmakers decided earlier this year that rates for coverage by Citizens Property Insurance needed to go up to make …
Dec 18, 2009
The Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a Three-Member Panel meeting on Friday, December 18 at 1:00 p.m. in Room 116 of the Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee. To view a copy …
Dec 18, 2009
The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) will meet on Friday, December 8 from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. in the Hermitage Centre Conference Room, Hermitage Centre, 1801 Hermitage Boulevard, Tallahassee. The call-in number for …
Dec 17, 2009
William Stander, Regional Manager for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, will join a panel of “alternative dispute resolution” insurance professionals that will include public adjusters, appraisal umpires and trial lawyers on January 6, 2010 in Tallahassee. Marking …
Dec 17, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Court backs decision rejecting State Farm rate increase An appeals court has backed a decision by Florida regulators rejecting State Farm’s request to hike Florida property insurance …