Category: Florida News

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing

Jan 22, 2009

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule regarding the following Rule: 69L-6.028: Procedures for Imputing Payroll and Penalty Calculations The purpose of the proposed Rule amendment …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, January 21

Jan 21, 2009

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida municipality hopes insurers will pay for canal car retrievals The Margate Fire-Rescue Department may start charging $1,000 to recover cars from its canals.   Lennar to replace …

Citizens Mission Review Task Force Meeting Notice and Materials

Jan 21, 2009

The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Mission Review Task Force (“Task Force”) will hold a meeting on Thursday, January 22, starting at 9:00 a.m. at 8301 Cypress Plaza Drive, Suite 108, Jacksonville, Florida.  The call-in number for this meeting is: …

SEC Staff Extends Sarbanes-Oxley Survey to January 31

Jan 21, 2009

Washington, D.C., Jan. 16, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) has extended the deadline to January 31 for public companies’ participation in a Web-based survey about the costs and benefits of Section 404 of …

NAIC Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group Meeting

Jan 21, 2009

NAIC Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group meeting on Wednesday, January 21, starting at 12:00 p.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration …

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing

Jan 21, 2009

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following Rules: 69L-56.001: Forms and Instructions 69L-56.002: Definitions 69L-56.100: Proof of Coverage (POC) Electronic Reporting Requirements …

NAIC Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup Meeting

Jan 20, 2009

NAIC Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup meeting on Tuesday, January 20, starting at 12:00 p.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration call-in number is: 412.317.6715. To view …

Clinic owners plead guilty to Medicare fraud

Jan 16, 2009

South Florida Business Journal–January 15, 2009 The owners of two Miami medical clinics, along with a phlebotomist, have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $5.3 million HIV and cancer infusion fraud scheme, according to the …

Florida Medicaid Computer Still Ailing

Jan 16, 2009

Tampa Tribune–January 16, 2009 By LINDSAY PETERSON Problems erupted with the state’s new Medicaid payment system the day it went online seven months ago, and they haven’t gone away. The Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Center has lost about $12,000 in …