Category: Florida News
Apr 16, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Allstate’s Appeal Buys It Some More Time to Write Florida Policies Allstate Insurance Corp. bought itself at least two more days to keep peddling new policies in Florida. …
Apr 16, 2008
Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty have released statements applauding the Senate’s passing of legislation aimed at increasing access to affordable health insurance. Copies of Governor Crist and Commissioner McCarty’s statements are reprinted below. Â Should you …
Apr 16, 2008
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced a meeting of the Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board to be held on Friday, April 18, 2008 starting at 10:00 a.m. in Room 116 of the Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, …
Apr 16, 2008
The Senate will hold Session on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 9:30 a.m.-noon in the Senate Chambers, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-Related bills scheduled to be discussed include: SB 2534: Relating to Health Insurance by Senator Durell Peaden SB 2860: …
Apr 15, 2008
        Left/Top: Rep. Don Davis, R-Jacksonville Beach, comments to colleagues on the House floor May 3, 2007, in Tallahassee, Florida. Right/Below: In recognition of their esteemed colleague, House members raise their drink containers high on the House floor in reponse …
Apr 15, 2008
Insurance Journal–April 15, 2008 By Brian Kern Allstate Insurance Co. filed a motion Monday with Florida’s First District Court of Appeal requesting a rehearing of an opinion the court issued on April 4, which lifted a stay of suspension to …
Apr 15, 2008
Miami Herald–April 15, 2008 BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA Allstate Floridian has asked the First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee for a rehearing on its recent decision upholding a suspension of Allstate’s license to write new business in Florida. Until …
Apr 15, 2008
National Underwriter–April 14, 2008 BY MATT BRADY NU Online News Service Florida lawmakers are considering legislation that would revoke the insurance industry’s antitrust protections in the state as part of an effort to resolve the difficulties facing the state’s insurance …
Apr 15, 2008
Miami Herald–April 15, 2008 The House Policy and Budget Council gave the nod Monday to a bill that would reduce the size of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund by $3 billion. That would bring down the fund’s total exposure to …
Apr 15, 2008
The Ledger–April 14, 2008 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TALLAHASSEE | Home insurers would be able to purchase less state backup insurance under a measure approved by a House panel in hopes it will spare Floridians from big insurance assessments if there …