Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Jan 1, 2008
By Bill Cotterell FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR Gov. Charlie Crist has seen the end of an eight-year decline in state employment, but the average salaries of workers in Florida’s government agencies and their rate of pay raises lag behind …
Jan 1, 2008
By Mike Vogel – 1/1/2008 Chasing opportunity, several companies last year took 225,000 policies off the hands of Florida’s state-subsidized insurer, Citizens Property Insurance. Meanwhile, Hollywood-based property management company Continental Group launched a self-insurance fund offering property coverage to the …
Jan 1, 2008
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Property taxes didn’t "drop like a rock" during Gov. Charlie Crist’s first year in office, but neither did his approval rating. The Republican weathered a difficult year well, despite making only modest gains on two of the …
Dec 31, 2007
  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its Winter 2007 National Meeting in Houston, Texas during early December. Jennifer Burton, a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Dixon-Hughes Insurance Services Group Audit Team, attended the meeting …
Dec 31, 2007
Reminder: The deadline to Notify Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Intent to Transfer Credits is December 31, 2007. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizensâ€) has issued a Memorandum to all Assessable Insurers (“Assessable Insurersâ€) regarding Voluntary Premium Writing Transfers Procedures. To view …
Dec 30, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â PIP requirement back in new year Florida drivers will have personal injury protection coverage added to their policies Jan. 1 as the state returns to a no-fault system after a …
Dec 27, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â 2 sentenced in insurance crash scams Prosecutors hope the sentence handed down to two men who staged a car accident in 2005 will deter others tempted to try and cheat …
Dec 26, 2007
BY ARTHUR D. POSTALNU Online News Service, Dec. 26, 1:13 p.m. EST Groups representing captive insurers made a concerted appeal to the Internal Revenue Service asking it to withdraw a proposal that would change the way captives deduct losses, saying …
Dec 26, 2007
BY ARTHUR D. POSTALNU Online News Service, Dec. 26, 4:01 p.m. EST WASHINGTON —President Bush today signed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act extending the federal backstop on terrorism risk insurance until the end of 2014. The bill (H.R. 2761 – …
Dec 26, 2007
By Josh Hafenbrack South Florida Sun-Sentinel December 26, 2007 Jack Kanjian loves dinosaurs. He’s writing a book about his favorites on colored construction paper, illustrated with crayons. When he grows up, Jack wants to run a prehistoric zoo — with …