Category: Florida News

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) will hold an August 28, 2008 informational hearing on business arrangements known as Stranger Owned Life Insurance, Stranger-Oriented Life Insurance, Stranger Originated Life Insurance or Speculator Initiated Life Insurance (“STOLI”). The hearing, which …

> The Florida Cabinet will meet on August 26 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida.   

> The Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid Division has scheduled a Rule Hearing regarding Rule number 59G-4.251: Florida Medicaid Prescribed Drugs Reimbursement Methodology for August 26, from 10:00 a.m. through Noon at the Agency for Health Care Administration Headquarters, …

> The Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association will hold a Rates & Forms Committee meeting on August 26 at 10:00 a.m. via teleconference. 

> The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold a Risk-Based Capital Working Group meeting on August 26 at 3:00 p.m. via teleconference to discuss the ACLI Mortgage Experience Adjustment Factor Proposal. Meeting materials include: ACLI Mortgage Experience Adjustment Factor …

The Ledger–August 24, 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI | President Bush declared Sunday that four Florida counties hit hardest by Tropical Storm Fay are major disaster areas, making them eligible for federal aid. The declaration makes funds available for emergency …

Miami Herald–August 25, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA The four largest property insurers in the state have received a total of 8,398 claims so far for Tropical Storm Fay. Citizens Property Insurance, the state-run company and the largest insurer of …

Office of the Attorney General–August 25, 2008 TALLAHASSEE, FL – The Florida Crisis Response Team (FCRT) has deployed more than 25 responders to areas throughout Central Florida, according to the Attorney General’s Statewide Crisis Response Coordinator, Cheryl Ricciardi. The FCRT …

Office of the Attorney General–August 25, 2008 TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his Seniors vs. Crime offices are reopening throughout the state to help residents avoid storm-related scams. The offices, staffed by volunteer Senior Sleuths, …

Florida Today–August 25, 2008 By Paul Flemming • FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU • Gov. Charlie Crist called the White House Sunday from a restaurant dock afloat the flood-swollen St. Marks River to thank President Bush for declaring four Florida counties disaster …