Category: Florida News

NAIC Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup Meeting

Jan 8, 2009

NAIC Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup meeting on Thursday, January 8, starting at 11:00 a.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration call-in number is: 412.317.6715.

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, January 7

Jan 7, 2009

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens should hike insurance rates, task force says Citizens Property Insurance should be allowed to end its three-year rate freeze and start aggressively hiking homeowner insurance rates as …

OIR Releases 2008 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report

Jan 7, 2009

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) released the 2008 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report on the state of the workers’ compensation insurance market today, January 7, 2009. The request for an 18.6 percent rate increase over two years by the …

First Southern Bank to get $10.9M in TARP money

Jan 7, 2009

South Florida Business Journal–January 6, 2009 by Brian Bandell First Southern Bank has become the first South Florida-based bank to receive preliminary approval to receive money from the federal Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP). The Boca Raton bank said Tuesday …

FWCJUA Investment Committee Meeting Report: January 5

Jan 7, 2009

On Monday, January 5, 2009, the Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) held an Investment Committee (“Committee”) meeting to review its investment policy for compliance and investment policy procedures.  Among those in attendance were:  Committee Chairman Fred Bennett, Committee …

Task force aims to lessen Citizens’ risk exposure

Jan 7, 2009

A state task force Tuesday will consider ways to shrink Citizens Property Insurance and reduce its exposure to windstorm risk. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Miami Herald–January 6, 2009 Rate hikes for Citizens Property Insurance policyholders could be capped, and Citizens …

Lee gives green light to red-light camera

Jan 7, 2009

Fort Meyers News-Press–January 5, 2009 Cameras soon will show if you have run a red light in Fort Myers at Colonial Boulevard and Summerlin Road. With no formal vote, Lee County commissioners agreed today to install a camera at the …

Mutual Benefits officials charged

Jan 7, 2009

Top officials of viatical- and life-settlement company Mutual Benefits were charged in a 25-count indictment. BY PATRICK DANNERMiami Herald–January 6, 2008 Marking the culmination of a more than four-year investigation, federal prosecutors have charged the top officials of one-time Fort …