Category: Florida News

Florida needs to shore up the fund so it can cover its hurricane liabilities. By Paige St. JohnSarasota Herald-Tribune Ocala Star-Tribune–February 9, 2009  Months before hurricane season, Florida faces an unprecedented threat to its fragile home insurance market, again risking …

Bradenton Herald–February 9, 2009 By JESSICA KLIPA MANATEE – The tainted drywall problem plaguing homeowners and the building industry now has a very public face. Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp, who suspects a problem with tainted drywall, is in the process …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA–February 9, 2009 By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY A school-choice advocacy group said low-income Florida students receiving corporate scholarships to private schools could lose their funding in a souring economy if the Legislature does not step in. About …

   To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Presidential Town Hall Visit Precludes February 10 Cabinet Cat Fund Review; Governor Will Introduce President in Fort Myers In order to accommodate Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s appearance at …

In order to accommodate Florida Governor Charlie Crist’s appearance at a Fort Myers town hall meeting on the same date, the February 10, 2009 Florida Cabinet meeting has been rescheduled to March 10, 2009.  Tomorrow, the Governor is scheduled to …

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule regarding the following Rule: 69O-175.008: Unfair Discrimination in Private Passenger Motor Vehicle Insurance Rates – Based on History of Accidents The purpose of …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   House strife gives Rep. Reagan clout The shake-up in the Legislature has elevated Rep. Ron Reagan, R-Bradenton, to the second-highest position in the 120-member Florida House.   CHARLIE …

The Florida Office of Insurance (“OIR”) will hold public meetings on Tuesday, February 17 and Wednesday, February 18, 2009 on Rule 69O-125.005:  Use of Credit Reports and Credit Scores by Insurers.  Meeting details are as follows:   Tuesday, February 17 …

    Insurance-Related Meetings:  Week of February 9-13, 2009   LEGISLATIVE INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETINGS     Monday, February 9   Senate Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means The Florida Senate Policy and Steering Committee on Ways and Means …

Above:  Florida House Speaker Pro Temp Larry Cretul   Florida House Speaker Pro Temp Larry Cretul named Ray Sansom as Chairman of the Policy Council today, February 6, 2009.  Speaker Pro Temp Cretul also announced the creation of the House …