Category: Insurance Regulatory News

One bill increases the maximum limit of advertising, promotional gifts and charitable contributions permitted by insurance companies or agents from $25 to $100 in any calendar year. https://www.flgov.com/2018/04/06/governor-rick-scott-signs-17-bills-into-law-vetoes-one/

Tributes to the man known as “Florida’s superhero consumer advocate and champion” will be shared by Walter Dartland’s family and friends. http://schorsch.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/i/49D2EF9E601A70642540EF23F30FEDED/38DBE8AA224C3E9C948D468F162BC46E

While many of Florida’s prettiest beaches are part of the state park system, and thus guaranteed to be open to the public, the state estimates about 60 percent of Florida’s beach property is privately owned.   The Tampa Bay Times’ Craig …

UPCIC is a writer of homeowners insurance in Florida and is now fully licensed and has commenced its operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Hawaii, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Michigan, Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, New York and …

WKMG-TV called and left a message with a Central Florida timeshare to find out why owners are paying fees while the resort is under construction, and have yet to hear back. https://www.clickorlando.com/news/timeshare-owner-says-shes-paying-for-property-thats-been-closed-since-hurricane-irma

In a three-hour meeting, the commission’s Style and Drafting Committee approved its plan to group 24 constitutional proposals into a dozen amendments and send them to the full 37-member commission, which has the power to put measures directly before voters …

The district, known as LID 19, was designed to protect the Riverstone community from inundation from the Brazos River, but roughly a third of the 1,760 homes in the district flooded during Harvey’s assault on the region last August.  Rebecca …

Wright served as chief executive for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), and led the reinsurance and risk transfer program that helped financially support the NFIP in the context of 2017’s record breaking storms. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/04/05/485549.htm

Helping consumers protect themselves is the main goal of PCI’s latest survey examining the most “hostile” cities for people whose vehicles are towed, PCI’s Bob Passmore said.  Houston Public Media reports via the PCI SmartBrief. https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2018/04/05/277301/survey-houston-is-the-worst-city-for-dealing-with-tow-trucks/

Industry executives in Florida sing the merits, but the Consumer Federation of America says a proposed merger of two of the top four U.S. title insurance giants represents bad news for home buyers from West Palm Beach to Walla Walla, Washington.  …