Category: Insurance Regulatory News

  Florida Supreme Court Turns Down Chinese Drywall Case The Florida Supreme Court has declined a couple’s request to take up a dispute about whether a property insurer is required to cover damage related to Chinese Drywall in a Tampa …

  “Billing Palm Beach County Homeowners For Insurance As If We’re Miami is a Low Blow” Have you noticed that Insurance Companies in Florida never seem to run out of new ways to justify Premium Increases for Hurricane Coverage even …

  A Look at The Big 5 Homeowner Insurers in South Florida The Miami Herald’s Nancy Dahlberg evaluates South Florida’s top five Property Insurance Companies.    Will Your Homeowner Insurance Protect You If The Big One hits? As Hurricane Season …

  Dodgy Contractors Share Blame for High Rates, Last-Chance Insurer Says Don’t blame us for rising Premiums, Administrators of Florida’s High-Risk Property Insurance Pool told State Regulators Thursday — blame the Lawyers.  Michael Moline reports for FloridaPolitics.com on yesterday’s Citizens …

  In a press release issued today, August 18, 2016, the Florida Consumer Protection Coalition noted after that, after today’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) rate hearing, ” . . . the proposed statewide rate increases demonstrate beyond a doubt …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) conducted a hearing on August 16, 2016 to consider a workers’ compensation rate filing made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”).   NCCI has proposed an overall average increase of …

  At the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation hearing on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens’”) rate increase request hearing this morning, August 18, 2016, President/CEO and Executive Director Barry Gilway and Chief Risk Officer John Rollins presented various documents relating …

  State of Florida Challenges Ruling on State Farm Secrecy A Leon County Circuit Judge should have required Insurance Giant State Farm to prove its Policy-Count Data was valuable to Competitors before allowing the Company to hide the data from …

  Sides Line Up as Florida Workers’ Comp Rate Hike Weighed With a Legislative Battle brewing, State Regulators listened to hours of testimony Tuesday as they decide whether to approve a 19.6 percent Increase in Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rates.  THE …

  Insurance Council Counters Challenge to Big Workers’ Comp Rate Hike An Insurance Industry Council moved Monday to block a Legal Challenge to proposed Workers’ Compensation Premium Increases of nearly 20 percent, warning that delay would threaten the solvency of …