Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Model legislation that would prohibit “naked” credit default swaps (“CDS”) and establish a regulatory framework for “covered swaps,” which would then be overseen in the states as credit default insurance (“CDI”), was adopted by the National Conference of Insurance Legislators …

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty responded to California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner’s announcement today, December 2, 2009, that certain insurance companies licensed to do business in California have admitted to holding $12 billion in investments in companies that do business with …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Insurance Commissioner:  States should consider copying California in coordinated insurer Iranian divestment effort California’s insurance commissioner said Tuesday he will push insurance companies doing business in California …

The Miami Herald published this article on December 2, 2009 BY BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com WALTER MICHOT U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s campaign for the Senate has unleashed a torrent of candidates vying for his Miami-Dade congressional seat. U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on December 2, 2009 By JOHN KENNEDY THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 2, 2009….The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday approved Gov. Charlie Crist’s request for a statewide grand jury aimed at rooting out …

The Miami Herald publised this editorial on December 2, 2009 OUR OPINION: Investing now in flood insurance makes sense As Realtors like to say, It’s all about location, location, location. In South Florida, sandwiched between the soggy Everglades and the …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on December 2, 2009 By JOHN KENNEDY THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Dec. 2, 2009…..The upcoming special session on rail proposals is wreaking havoc with campaign fund-raising  – even putting a pair of House …

CFO Alex Sink issued this media advisory on December 2, 2009 MEDIA ADVISORY: December 2, 2009 CONTACT: Kyra Jennings or Kevin Cate, (850) 413-2842 TALLAHASSEE – Florida CFO Alex Sink will present her three proposals to improve the oversight of …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog: Tampa Bay home restoration executive charged by SEC The Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Tampa home restoration executive Brian M. Marshall of helping create a “fantasyland …

City’s Schools Share Their Space, and Bitterness  The New York Times pblished this article on November 30, 2009 By JENNIFER MEDINA Suzanne Tecza had spent a year redesigning the library at Middle School 126 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, including colorful new …