Category: Insurance Regulatory News

The Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) noticed a public hearing on a proposed technical change to Rule 69O-149.002, relating to the Filing of Forms and Rates for Life/Health Insurance.  The hearing was scheduled for today, August 29, 2007, but did …

    From the Tallahassee Democrat       Originally published August 28, 2007   Business briefs TALLAHASSEE Law firm settles into new office Fort Lauderdale-based Colodny Fass has expanded and moved its Tallahassee governmental consulting and law office to …

The message below was sent from Rob Esson, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Senior International Advisor, on behalf of Commissioner Al Gross to National Association of Insurance Commissioners Members, Interested Regulators and Interested Parties of the NAIC International Solvency …

On August 28, 2007, this office attended a meeting of the Florida Cabinet in Tallahassee, Florida.  The Cabinet members include Governor Charlie Crist, Chief Financial Office Alex Sink, Attorney General Bill McCollum, and Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson.  There was one …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Nationwide dropping 39,000 homeowner policies in Fla. MIAMI – Nationwide Insurance said Tuesday it will reduce its catastrophe exposure in Florida by dropping more than 40,000 homeowner and commercial property …

Our firm has been advised by the Florida Department of Financial Services (“Department”) that a number of insurers are not in compliance with Rules 69D-2.001-005 with regard to their obligation to file Special Investigative Unit (“SIU”) description filings or anti-fraud …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   South’s governors echo Florida insurance woes They say insurers are forcing states to step in with property coverage. BILOXI, Miss. – Governors of other coastal states are starting to sound …

Rate Hearing on Workers’ Comp Filing Scheduled for October On August 24, 2007, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued the following information regarding the latest rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance rates due to become effective in 2008. The …

On Thursday, August 23, 2007, this office attended a meeting on title insurance rates in Tallahassee, Florida.  A copy of the meeting notice can be viewed by clicking here. Steve Parton, General Counsel for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation …

August 26, 2007 In Nature’s Casino By MICHAEL LEWIS It was Aug. 24, 2005, and New Orleans was still charming. Tropical Depression 12 was spinning from the Bahamas toward Florida, but the chances of an American city’s being destroyed by …