Category: Florida News

OIR Issues NCCI Rate Hearing Notice

Dec 1, 2008

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) issued a Notice of Hearing today, December 1, 2008 regarding the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) revised workers’ compensation rate filing.  Details of the hearing are as follows: Date:  Tuesday, December 16 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Monday, December 1

Dec 1, 2008

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Crist, Fla. banks halt foreclosures for 45 days Florida’s bankers and credit unions announced Monday that they’d suspend foreclosing on homeowners for the next 45 days.   EDITORIAL:  …

Crist Replaces Controversial Work Comp Judge

Dec 1, 2008

Workers’ Comp Central–December 1, 2008 Florida Gov. Charlie Crist issued 11 appointments and reappointments of state judges of compensation claims (JCCs) Wednesday and made good on an earlier pledge to replace controversial Jacksonville JCC William Dane. Crist told Dane last …

Florida Adopts New Ratings-Based Reinsurance Collateral Rule

Dec 1, 2008

On September 16 the Florida Cabinet, sitting as the Financial Services Commission, adopted a potentially far-reaching rule providing for an alternative ratings-based approach to the reinsurance collateral requirement applicable for ceding insurers to take credit for reinsurance. In essence, this …

FWCJUA Meetings

Dec 1, 2008

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 FWCJUA Meetings The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) will hold the following meetings on Monday, December 1 via teleconference. Investment Committee–10:00 a.m. To view the complete meeting agenda, click …

Insurers Are Retooling Annuities

Nov 26, 2008

  Investors Will Be Offered Less, but Charged More, for the Popular Investments By LESLIE SCISM and LIAM PLEVEN The Wall Street Journal   Insurance companies that have eased the minds of many baby boomers with often-costly variable annuities are …

NAIC Manual Adoption Rule Hearing Report: November 26

Nov 26, 2008

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation had scheduled a proposed Rule Hearing on November 26, 2008 regarding Rules related to insurer reporting requirements.  However, because no requests were received for the hearing, one was not held. The Rules to be …

Insurance-Related Meetings for the Month of December 2008

Nov 26, 2008

  Insurance-Related Meetings: Month of December, 2008 Week of December 1-5 Monday, December 1 FWCJUA Meetings The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) will hold the following meetings on Monday, December 1 via teleconference.  Investment Committee–10:00 a.m. To view …