Category: Insurance Regulatory News

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida “safe” from earthquakes “Florida is one of the most stable places on the planet,” said Florida International University professor Grenville Draper, who has studied and mapped …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 14, 2009. BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com A workers’ compensation insurance company spent more than $28,000 on Helmuth Droege after the Miami computer salesman claimed he broke his arm during a fall at …

Rule Chapter 69L-24, entitled “Insurers’ Standards and Practices,” was adopted by the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) and became effective on January 12, 2010.  Full texts of each Rule can be viewed by clicking the …

Materials from the January 12 Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Advisory Council meeting that include 2009 FHCF charts and statistics have been published.  To access the complete presentation, click here. During the January 12 meeting, the FHCF Advisory Council discussed …

The NAIC Workers’ Compensation Model Law Review Working Group of the Workers’ Compensation Task Force will meet via teleconference on Thursday, January 14 at 3:00 p.m. (EST) to discuss Model 960, which is also known as the “Twenty-Four Hour Coverage …

  The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Advisory Council met on January 12, 2010.  To view the meeting agenda, click here. 2010/2011 Reimbursement Contract and Data Call Changes FHCF Chief Operating Officer Jack Nicholson explained proposed changes in the 2010/2011 …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Agents, Consumer Group Sound Alarm Over ‘Perilous’ Property Market Insurance agents, a former insurance commissioner and a consumer advocate have sounded an alarm about the property …

The Florida House Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee will hold an interim meeting on Wednesday, January 13 from 1:00 p.m. through 5:00 p.m. in Room 212 of the Knott Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee.

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Above:  Sinkhole mayhem!  Five Polk County sinkholes open in two days.   Five Polk County sinkholes open in two days A fifth sinkhole has opened in two …

Over 200 insurance agents, brokers and health professionals attended the “Florida Health Care Summit” on January 11, 2010, during which various panel discussions on the Florida impact of federal health care reform legislation carried the common theme of necessity for …