Category: Insurance Regulatory News

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) announced today, December 6, 2016, that it sent a letter to Vice President-Elect Mike Pence late in November to offer the Presidential Transition Team assistance with health care and other financial services …

  On December 2, 2016, Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier hosted an insurance roundtable discussion with representatives from more than 25 insurance companies operating in Florida. Hosted at Flagler College in St. Augustine …

  Jeff Brandes to File Flood Mitigation Bill Florida Senator Jeff Brandes says he will File Legislation for the 2017 Legislative Session to Fund Flood Mitigation in Affected Communities, FloridaPolitics.com reports.   Florida Supreme Court Rules Against Insurer in Concurrent …

  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones advised today, December 5, 2016, that a new international network of insurance regulators and supervisors has been launched to promote cooperation on critical sustainable insurance challenges, such as climate change. Held in San Francisco, …

  Florida Governor Rick Scott announced today, December 5, 2016, that he has extended the State of Emergency in effect as result of Hurricane Matthew. The Executive Order 16-274 extends the former one (Executive Order 16-230) by 60 days. Of …

  FIRM Files Property Insurance Challenge A Local Insurance Watchdog Group has formally filed its challenge to a nearly 9 percent Property Insurance Rate Increase in the Florida Keys.  Timothy O’Hara reports for the Florida Keys News.   Road Rage …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) engaged in extensive communications campaigns both before, during and after Hermine and Matthew–the two hurricanes that impacted Florida this year. In their meeting yesterday, December 1, 2016, Citizens’ Consumer Services Committee members were …

  Florida Appeals Court Reverses in Favor of Homeowner in Insurance Claim Case The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Insurance Companies should not deny coverage for Property Damage just because it had more than one concurrent cause, as long …

  Citizens Assesses Hurricane Response as 2016 Season Comes to a Close Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 …

  Nelson, Rubio praise decision to move hurricane planes to Lakeland Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio praised a decision that will keep the federal government’s “Hurricane Hunters” fleet in Florida, though MacDill lost out to Lakeland on a …