Category: Insurance Regulatory News

FSIGA Board of Directors Meeting Report: April 23

Apr 25, 2008

The Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (“FSIGA”) held a Board of Directors (“Board”) 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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, April 25

Apr 25, 2008

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   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 …

Autism coverage act passes in Senate

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 …

Bill seeks to clarify medical services pricing

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 …

FPL replacing poles to meet hurricane standards

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 …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Thursday, April 24

Apr 24, 2008

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   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 …

Notice of Premium Discounts for Hurricane Loss Mitigation

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 …

Appeals court Allstate ruling an ‘error’

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 …