Category: Insurance Regulatory News

A 12-year-old Jacksonville girl has been awarded $788,421 in a civil lawsuit against a former Department of Children & Families employee who allegedly sexually abused her seven years ago, an attorney for the child said Thursday.

  Click on a headline to read the complete story:    President Clinton, Gov. Crist announce FPL solar power plans Pushing politics aside, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and former Democratic President Bill Clinton took the stage together to announce that …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Catastrophe insurance bill poised for symbolic victory WASHINGTON — For the first time since Hurricane Andrew battered South Florida 15 years ago, a congressional committee appears poised today to pass …

  Senate President Ken Pruitt issued a memorandum today, September 25, 2007 in response to yesterday’s 2nd Judicial Court ruling in Hersh v. Browning, which challenged the statutory language and constitutional amendment crafted by the Florida Legislature to address property tax …

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty addressed fellow regulators and insurance industry members at yesterday’s National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Southeast Zone meeting in Mobile, Ala.  His remarks are accessible below.    The meeting was designed as a public hearing …

Click on a headline to read the entire story:   Insurance fight heats up Deadline nears for insurers to file their new premiums The fiercest part of Florida’s long insurance battle is beginning.  With thousands of policy cancellations about to …

Sept. 30 The Florida Building Commission announces a Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing public meeting to which all persons are invited.DATES AND TIME: September 30, 2007 through October 3, 2007, 8:00 a.m. – completionPLACE: Embassy Suites Hotel, 3705 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa, Florida …

On August 30, 2007, the Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) issued an Informational Memorandum, where it informed the insurance industry as to its expectations regarding Catastrophic Event Data Reporting (“CEDRA”) in the event of a storm during or after the …

The Regulatory and Legislative Section of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Great Lakes Chapter of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals hosted a seminar on global warming and the insurance industry.  Investor, consumer and industry perspectives as to how …

Governor Charlie Crist is scheduled to make welcoming remarks at Orange County’s first-ever global warming summit, entitled “Climate Change in Orange County.”   The free event takes place at the Orange County Convention Center. Roger Ballentine, an environmental and conservation policy …