Category: Florida News

South Florida Business Journal–January 16, 2009 by Brian Bandell The growing unemployment rate drove a loss of nearly 190,000 commercial health plan enrollees at Florida’s largest insurance plans during 2008. A Business Journal survey of the seven-largest commercial health insurers …

Bardenton Herald–January 16, 2009 By JESSICA KLIPA MANATEE – A growing number of homeowners worry that they, too, could have foul-smelling Chinese drywall in their homes. The building material has been linked to corrosion of mechanical and electrical systems and …

Miami Herald–January 16, 2009 BY BETH REINHARD Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced Friday that she’s not running for the U.S. Senate, opening the door to a crop of lesser-known contenders. Sink, the only statewide officeholder on the Democratic shortlist, …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Alex Sink won’t run for Mel Martinez’s Senate seat Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced Friday that she’s not running for the U.S. Senate, opening the door to …

  Insurance-Related Meetings:  Week of January 19-23, 2009   Tuesday, January 20   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 …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   S&P:  Florida Hurricane Fund, Citizens’ Guaranty Fund Ratings to Negative Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised the outlook to negative from stable on Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (AA-), …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State insurers’ exposure to hurricane losses tops $2-trillion Florida’s exposure to costly hurricane damage continues to escalate sharply despite ongoing efforts to shore up homes and discourage coastal …

2009 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit Join Colodny Fass, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and Guy Carpenter from January 14-16, 2009 at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida to cover the year in review, and …

Louisiana Senate Interim Insurance Committee Meeting The Louisiana Senate Insurance Committee will hold an interim meeting on Wednesday, January 14, starting at 1:00 p.m. The live Internet broadcast may be viewed by clicking here and selecting the television icon. Items …

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 Rule: 69L-7.602: Florida Workers’ Compensation Medical Services Billing, Filing and Reporting Rule The proposed Rule …