Category: Florida News
Nov 18, 2008
Above: Jeff Atwater was elected President of the Florida Senate today To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Jeff Atwater Named 83rd Senate President Senator Jeff Atwater (R-Broward and Palm Beach Counties) was elected Florida’s …
Nov 18, 2008
A public Rulemaking Development Workshop was held on November 17, 2008 by the Florida Office of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation to discuss proposed Rules and the name change of Ch. 69L-56, F.A.C. to “Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Requirements for …
Nov 18, 2008
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Actuarial and Underwriting Committee (“Committee”) held a meeting on November 17, 2008. The Committee reviewed the following actuarial and underwriting updates: 2009 Changes in Eligibility for Personal Residential Coverage Beginning January 1, 2009, two …
Nov 17, 2008
To read a complete story, click on a headline below: Hartford Buys A Thrift Hartford Insurance Group announced it plans to acquire a Central Florida thrift and simultaneously applied for a thrift charter and federal aid under the government’s …
Nov 14, 2008
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) submitted an amended workers’ compensation rate filing to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) today, November 14, 2008, in response to the Supreme Court of Florida opinion in Murray v. Mariners Health/ACE …
Nov 14, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens Insurance ‘opt-out,’ ‘takeout’ system nettlesome If you want to stick with the state-run Citizens Property Insurance, pray that private insurance companies don’t consider you a “desirable” policyholder. …
Nov 14, 2008
Insurance-Related Meetings: Week of November 17-21, 2008 Monday, November 17 Division of 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 …
Nov 13, 2008
Orlando Sentinel–November 13, 2008 Aaron Deslatte TALLAHASSEE Florida’s billion-dollar cash crunch has so far prompted a collective shrug from Gov. Charlie Crist and Republican legislators, who hope short-term borrowing will help them escape the year without deeper budget cuts. But …
Nov 13, 2008
BusinessWeek Online–November 13, 2008 By Nanette Byrnes Nanette Byrnes When Hurricane Ike took a left on Sept. 8, heading away from Florida, locals breathed a sigh of relief. Not only are their homes on the line with each burst of …
Nov 13, 2008
Florida Today–November 12, 2008 BY SUSANNE CERVENKAFLORIDA TODAY Melbourne pulled in nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for projects aimed at preventing erosion damage resulting from Tropical Storm Fay. The money from a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will pay …