Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Mar 15, 2010
Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida legislative and regulatory events for the week of March 15-19, 2010: Note: All times are Eastern Standard Time. Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type. FLORIDA INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE …
Mar 12, 2010
The Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) Division of Insurance Agents and Agency Services (“Division”) held a Rule Development Workshop on the following proposed Rules relating to the licensure, ethics and conduct of emergency public adjusters and their apprentices: 69B-220.001: …
Mar 12, 2010
The Tampa Bay Business Journal published this article on March 12, 2010. The Florida Opportunity Fund said it would commit to invest up to $4 million with Stonehenge Growth Equity Fund I LLP, a venture firm with an extensive Florida …
Mar 12, 2010
After consideration of feedback received at a January 11, 2010 Rule Hearing, the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Division of Consumer Services issued changes to proposed Rule 69J-9.001 entitled “Database of Information Relating to Sinkholes” today, March 12, 2010. The changes are reprinted …
Mar 12, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Senator Bennett has filed a bevy of insurance bills State Sen. Mike Bennett is a prolific filer of bills, and again this year, he’s proposing a …
Mar 11, 2010
On February 15, 2010, Safety-Net Hospital Alternative Risk Pool, LLC (“Safety-Net”) filed a petition for a declaratory statement with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) seeking to determine whether hospital alliances formed for the purpose of securing property …
Mar 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on March 10, 2010. I wonder if I am experiencing déjà vu? How many years will it take for the state Legislature to return the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (CAT Fund) to its original …
Mar 11, 2010
The Miami Herald published this article on March 11, 2010. The massive Everglades land deal was brought into question Wednesday, but the purchase is unlikely to be derailed anytime soon. BY CURTIS MORGAN Water managers spent two hours Wednesday discussing …
Mar 11, 2010
During the March 11-12 National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Solvency Modernization Initiative Task Force meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, NAIC International Accounting Standards Working Group Chairman Mel Anderson will be circulating the attached memorandum entitled “Risk Margins: An Overview and …
Mar 11, 2010
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Solvency Modernization Initiative Task Force (“Task Force”) meets today, March 12, 2010 and tomorrow, March 11 in Phoenix, Arizona, to continue its work in critically examining the United States’ insurance solvency regulation framework. …