Category: Insurance Regulatory News

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“Commission”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee is scheduled to meet twice in January to finalize its draft report of recommendations for improving the process of assessing, determining and applying windstorm mitigation discounts, credits, rate …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 5, 2010. BY HANNAH SAMPSON AND KATHLEEN McGRORY hsampson@MiamiHerald.com Calling it “foolish” and “short-sighted” to pass up, Florida’s education commissioner said Monday that the state would seek hundreds of millions of dollars …

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will be a featured speaker at the 2010 Florida Health Care Summit on Monday, January 11, 2010 that will focus on federal health insurance legislation as it relates to Florida. Participants in the four scheduled …

Reminder: Comments are due by January 8 on the preliminary formation of a Insurance Consumer Advocate Advisory Group (“ICA”) that would review workers’ compensation insurance issues and make recommendations to the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s proposed Florida Workers’ Compensation Advisory …

The following article was published in the New York Times on January 5, 2010: Tax Enforcers Intensify Focus on Multinationals January 5, 2010 By MATTHEW SALTMARSH While the recession may be ending across much of the world, its effect on …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   South Florida flood victims eligible for disaster assistance The rains that brought flooding and property damage to coastal Broward and Miami-Dade counties just before Christmas are getting …

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation recently finalized the following Rules (to view information on a Rule, click on a hyperlink below):   NoticeID Section /Rule No.   Summary / Purpose / Subject / Rule Title Notice /Adopted PublishDate 8103979 …

This news release was issued by Boardroom Communications on Dec. 4, 2009. Florida Homeowners Insurer to Grow by 25,000 Policies BOCA RATON/ST. PETERSBURG, FL, January 04, 2010 – Florida Peninsula Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on January 4, 2010. Bipartisan legislation that will be filed in the coming year aims to extend state-subsidized health insurance coverage to children of certain legal immigrants and the children of state …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its Winter 2009 National Meeting during early December in San Francisco.  A systemic risk panel/solvency symposium, the adoption of changes to the Statement of Statutory Accounting Principles (“SSAP”) No. 10-Income Taxes and the consideration …