Category: Insurance Regulatory News

  Miami Beach to Begin New $100 Million Flood Prevention Project in Face of Sea Level Rise With Miami Beach set to break ground this year on the most ambitious piece yet of its aggressive Anti-Flooding Project, some Homeowners are …

  Supreme Court Backs Insurer on PIP Medical Fees In a defeat for Medical Providers, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute about Fees Paid to care for Auto-Accident Victims.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF …

  Reinsurance opportunity in Florida, nationwide as FEMA pushes for states to pick up disaster costs The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided early calculations of the disaster costs that states could be required pick up before they are …

  With an array of legal pending legal and statewide rate increase issues as a backdrop, the Florida House of Representatives’ Insurance and Banking Subcommittee will hold Part One of a Panel Discussion on issues relating to Florida’s Workers’ Compensation …

  Nelson: Trump hiring freeze could hurt hurricane response in Florida, nation Florida Senator Bill Nelson expressed concern Monday that President Donald Trump‘s federal hiring freeze will harm the government’s hurricane preparedness and response.  The Miami Herald’s James Martin Rose reports for …

  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today, January 23, 2017, that the California Supreme Court affirmed his authority against a major insurance industry legal challenge to a 2011 regulation establishing specific requirements governing replacement-cost estimates.  The Rule decreed that …

  In what it labled “a case of first impression,” Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (“First DCA”) ruled today, January 23, 2017, that under Florida’s workers’ compensation law, an injured worker was not entitled to select a physician in …

  Florida Home Insurance Costs Lead Nation Again Florida once again has the Nation’s Costliest Home Insurance, a new report shows.  That’s all the more reason for Consumers to know more about their options in the updated The Palm Beach Post …

  Court Weighs State Farm Trade Secrets An Appeals Court Thursday dug into a dispute between Regulators and State Farm Florida about disclosure of information that shows where the Company is selling Property-Insurance Policies.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim …

  PCI’s Griffin: Private Flood Insurers Will Take On Riskier Properties Insurers are likely to provide Flood Policies for higher-risk properties as Private Flood Coverage gains traction, with Florida currently providing the most leeway for Private Flood Insurance, says Don …