Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Aug 24, 2009
BY MARC CAPUTO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Aug. 24, 2009 — State Rep. Erik Fresen’s Miami home is in foreclosure because he stopped making payments to his mortgage company more than a year ago. That’s about all that Fresen and the …
Aug 24, 2009
Monday, August 24 FWCJUA Meetings The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) will hold the following meetings via teleconference on Monday, August 24: Producer Committee-10:00 a.m. To view the meeting agenda, click here. Reinsurance Committee-2:00 p.m. …
Aug 21, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Regulators Tangle With Think Tank Over Fla. Market Picture A conservative think tank report challenging regulators’ picture of the Florida home insurance market is out of focus, according …
Aug 21, 2009
BY MONICA HATCHER mhatcher@MiamiHerald.com South Florida existing home sales again posted strong gains in July, while median prices tumbled compared with a year ago. Month-to-month price declines mellowed. In Miami-Dade, July sales of single-family homes were up 64 percent, while …
Aug 21, 2009
Proposed revisions to two statutory forms related to insurance credit for property mitigation were reviewed at a two-hour workshop held on August 18, 2009 by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”). To view the meeting notice, click here. Form …
Aug 21, 2009
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced today, August 21, 2009, that the latest rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance “NCCI” for workers’ compensation insurance rates includes an overall average rate decrease of 6.8 percent statewide, which would …
Aug 21, 2009
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) held a Rule Development Workshop on August 20, 2009 regarding proposed Rule 690-170.0144, entitled “Public Hurricane Loss Projection Model Fee Schedule.” OIR Attorney Laura Parsons presided over the Workshop and provided brief opening …
Aug 20, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Hearing on Citizens Insurance Rates for 2010 Postponed A Florida hearing into rate changes for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. for next year that had been scheduled for …
Aug 20, 2009
By PHILIP ELLIOTT The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2009 — Vice President Joe Biden says despite recent “political turmoil” the nation has never been closer to substantial health care reform. Biden spoke in Chicago on Thursday and sidestepped the question …
Aug 20, 2009
BY BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com Aug. 20, 2009 — HAND OUT Florida Congressman Alcee Hastings, of Miramar, will be at the town hall meeting on Thursday. Deluged with calls for weeks, the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans (FLARA) turned its annual …