Category: Florida News

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Rule Development Workshop

Sep 4, 2008

> Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Rule Development Workshop The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has issued Notices of Development of Rulemaking (69O-137.001, 69O-138.001) regarding the following Rules: 69O-137.001: Annual and Quarterly Reporting Requirements 69O-138.001: NAIC …

NAIC Rule Hearing

Sep 4, 2008

> The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a Rule Development Workshop for September 4 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 142 of the Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida. The following proposed Rules …

GOP touts disaster insurance

Sep 3, 2008

Republicans gave a nod to Florida in their party platform, calling for a national catastrophe insurance fund.Miami Herald–September 03, 2008 ST. PAUL — With a string of tropical depressions threatening to batter Florida, Republicans pointed with pride Tuesday to a …

Where the parties stand on catastrophe insurance

Sep 3, 2008

Miami Herald–September 03, 2008 Both party platforms call for addressing the rising cost and availability of catastrophe insurance, but they take different approaches. From the Democratic Party platform: “We will also work to prevent future catastrophic response failures, whether the …

State-FEMA Disaster Outreach Gains Momentum

Sep 3, 2008

FEMA Press Release–August 30, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. — Community Relations teams and Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) will be assisting individuals, households and businesses affected by Tropical Storm Fay in Brevard, Hendry, Okeechobee, St. Lucie and Volusia counties, recovery officials announced. …

RAA Issues Letter Critical of Proposed Credit for Reinsurance Rule

Sep 3, 2008

The Reinsurance Association of America (“RAA”) submitted a letter yesterday, September 2, 2008, to the Florida Financial Services Commission that is critical of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s proposed Rule 69O-144.007: Credit for Reinsurance from Eligible Reinsurers. In the …