Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Apr 25, 2008
The Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (“FSIGAâ€) held a Board of Directors (“Boardâ€) meeting on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 to discuss litigation matters. The meeting, which had a quorum of Board members in attendance, was called to order by Executive Director …
Apr 25, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â Crist: Allstate made offer Hammered by the courts and threatened with a crackdown by Florida’s insurance commissioner, Allstate Corp. quietly offered the state millions to let the company off …
Apr 24, 2008
Florida Today–April 24, 2008 By Betty ParkerFLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU A wide-ranging bill that requires large insurance companies to provide coverage for treatment of autism won emotional passage by the full Senate on Wednesday, as supporters pledged to push the House …
Apr 24, 2008
A $300 million infusion salvages 2 programs for the critically ill and the elderly. John KennedyTallahassee Bureau ChiefOrlando Sentinel–April 24, 2008 TALLAHASSEE Bowing to pressure, House and Senate budget negotiators used $300 million from reserves Wednesday to erase sharp cuts …
Apr 24, 2008
Miami Herald–April 24, 2008 By MONICA HATCHER Comparison shopping for a colonoscopy? It could get a little easier under a bill being considered by the state Senate Thursday that would require pricing information from hospitals for 150 of the most …
Apr 24, 2008
Florida Today–April 24, 2008 Every day, I get a phone call about hurricane insurance that goes exactly like this: Caller: “Um, yes . . . I received a notice from State Farm saying they were dropping me.” Me: “Yup. They …
Apr 24, 2008
Miami Herald–April 24, 2008 BY JOHN DORSCHNER Inviting journalists to a construction site near Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, Florida Power & Light on Thursday showed off its latest efforts to harden its system to protect it from hurricane …
Apr 24, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â FPL replacing poles to meet hurricane standards Inviting journalists to a construction site near Memorial West Hospital in Pembroke Pines, Florida Power & Light on Thursday showed off its …
Apr 24, 2008
Section 627.711, Florida Statutes, requires insurers to clearly notify the applicant or policyholder of any personal lines residential property insurance policy of the availability and the range of each premium discount, credit, other rate differential, or reduction in deductibles, and …
Apr 23, 2008
Florida Today–April 23, 2008 By Paul Flemming FLORIDA CAPITAL NEWS At the end of an odd turn of events Monday the status quo held and Allstate agents were still selling insurance Tuesday, but it remains to be seen whether the …