Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Shocking title insurance numbers should kill merger, consumer group tells U.S. Department of Justice
Apr 6, 2018
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. …
Apr 5, 2018
Florida Specialty Insurance Company has been assigned a Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, following the implementation of a new action plan that includes a loss portfolio transfer and reinsurance program with Sirius America Insurance Company. Matt Sheehan reports …
Apr 5, 2018
Dog Bite Claims Nationwide Increased 2.2 Percent, the Insurance Information Institute reports. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dog-bite-claims-nationwide-increased-22-percent-california-florida-and-pennsylvania-lead-nation-in-number-of-claims-300625090.html
Apr 5, 2018
Home insurance and comic books are rarely used in the same sentence, the Boca News writes. https://bocanewspaper.com/5-questions-with-stacey-giulianti-25624
Apr 5, 2018
Insurance Journal’s Patrick Wright analyzes Florida’s legislative outcomes for the insurance industry. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/04/05/485389.htm
Apr 5, 2018
Visiting a canal still choked by debris from the storm, the Senator said: “Get the money that we’ve already voted for down here so they can hire people to clean this up.” The Miami Herald reports via “The Buzz” blog. …
Apr 5, 2018
How does Florida go from the gold standard in disaster response to creating a man-made disaster when it comes to dealing with the aftermath of major storms? FloridaPolitics.com Publisher Peter Schorsch reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260597-will-disaster-contracting-issue-raise-a-storm-of-controversy
Apr 5, 2018
State of Florida officials asked a federal judge to put on hold his order demanding that a new process be in place by April 26 for restoring felon’s voting rights in Florida. Gatehouse Media’s John Kennedy reports for the Panama …
Apr 5, 2018
Oliva was one of 22 officials from 18 states who will serve on the RSLC’s executive committee for its Future Majority Project initiative, SunshineStateNews.com reports. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/incoming-speaker-jose-oliva-takes-national-leadership-role-gop
Apr 5, 2018
Florida’s new $88.7 billion state budget contains 87 “turkeys” worth $147.5 million, FloridaPolitics.com’s Michael Moline reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260457-taxwatch-turkeys-2018-budget