Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Florida Insurance Commissioner Reviews State’s Insurance Market On Talk Show

Aug 3, 2009

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty was the recent featured guest on Florida Face-to-Face, a statewide broadcast weekly talk show on the Florida Channel in which government officials are interviewed.  This week’s discussion with Commissioner McCarty included an update on successful 2009 insurance-related legislation, …

Some homeowners turn to alternative insurers

Aug 3, 2009

But ‘surplus lines carriers’ aren’t regulated, backed by Texas By PURVA PATELHOUSTON CHRONICLE Aug. 1, 2009, 4:05PM The state’s largest home insurance companies have hiked rates or announced increases this summer, hitting coastal areas such as Harris County the hardest. …

Insurance Against Terrorism

Aug 3, 2009

An alternative to unlimited liability for taxpayers by Eli Lehrer 08/10/2009, Volume 014, Issue 44 After hijackers destroyed the World Trade Center on 9/11, taxpayers ended up spending a lot of money to aid the injured, rebuild public infrastructure, improve …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, July 31

Jul 31, 2009

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Feds: Jackson Memorial patients’ records were sold in scheme A Miami man was charged Thursday with buying confidential patient records from a Jackson Memorial Hospital employee over the …

Road contractors lose automatic pay raises

Jul 31, 2009

The Department of Transportation said Thursday that it will not allow private contractors to receive automatic pay hikes this budget year — a savings of at least $10 million — after a state senator called attention to the practice in …

Florida property values not as low as was predicted

Jul 31, 2009

Economists said state property values are higher than expected, but tough times are ahead. Fla. property values to keep dropping, but slower Florida’s taxable property values will keep dropping for another year but at a slightly slower pace than previously …