Category: Florida News
Nov 12, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Regulators, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Defend Take-Out Process A recent newspaper article in Florida, which alleged the state’s take-out program is a ploy to forcibly move policies …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida CFO calls for special session Bill CotterellNews Journal capital bureau Pensacola News-Journal–November 11, 2008 TALLAHASSEE – The state budget director said Monday economists might reduce Florida’s already shrunken revenue projections by up to $1 billion next week. But Office …
Nov 11, 2008
Gainesville Sun–November 11, 2008 By Anthony ClarkSun Business Editor Florida property insurers are hoping they won’t have to say “we told you so” before hurricane season ends officially Nov. 30. Because of the global financial meltdown, the state catastrophe fund …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida Underwriter–November 1, 2008 By Sharon K. Moorhead, Contributing Editor This year’s relatively tame hurricane season in Florida has not quelled the fears of a small group of people in St. Petersburg. For two years they have been sounding a …
Nov 11, 2008
Treasure Coast Palm–November 10, 2008 By TCPalm Staff The collapse of AIG makes it clear that national and international firms need a measure of national solvency regulation that state regulation cannot provide. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty easily counts among …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida Underwriter–November 1, 2008 By Gary Harvey Timing is everything. And now may be the perfect time to take a closer look at a different approach to workers’ compensation coverage — the alternative-risk market. During the past five years, …
Nov 11, 2008
Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced today, November 11, 2008 Kaplan University’s selection of the Central Florida Research Park in Orlando as the location for its new online student support center. The support facility is projected to employ as many as …
Nov 11, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: PODCAST: U.S. Senator Chris Dodd on Military Members’ Life Insurance Benefits During a Veteran’s Day podcast, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman Chris Dodd …
Nov 10, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida leaders in denial about budget problem, Sink says Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink suggested Friday that the state’s Republican leaders are in denial about the dire …
Nov 10, 2008
On Monday, November 10, 2008, the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Division of Workers’ Compensation held a public Workshop on proposed Rule 69L-6.028 entitled “Procedures for Imputing Payroll and Penalty Calculations.” The proposed Rule would give DFS an alternative …