Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Mar 9, 2009
Above: House Speaker Larry Cretul, R-Ocala, quips during questioning at his first news conference as Speaker after the opening day session of the Florida House March 3, 2009. (House photo by Mark Foley) FEDC Weekly Session Report The Florida …
Mar 9, 2009
Counties and cities would be prohibited from imposing fees for emergency agencies to respond to accidents under legislation filed in response to the growing practice. With local governments strapped for cash, a number of them are seeking extra cash when …
Mar 9, 2009
The state’s only producing oil company wants a tax break from state lawmakers to resume extracting oil from its northwest Florida field. On Friday the House Energy & Utility Policy Committee unanimously approved a measure (HB 515) that would …
Mar 9, 2009
To view a complete story, click on the headline below: State Farm appeals conditions placed on Florida withdrawal State Farm Florida on Friday appealed stipulations that Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has put on its plan to withdraw from …
Mar 9, 2009
Insurance Journal–March 9, 2009 By Bill Kaczor State Farm Florida on Friday appealed stipulations that Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has put on its plan to withdraw from the state’s property insurance market. Florida’s second largest insurer of homes and other …
Mar 9, 2009
Says state trying to keep it from leaving homeowners insurance market By Brandon Larrabee Florida Times-Union–March 7, 2009 TALLAHASSEE – Conditions set by regulators for State Farm Florida’s withdrawal from the state’s property insurance market are illegal and amount to …
Mar 9, 2009
Jacksonville Business Journal–March 6, 2009 by Rachel Witkowski Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE – For State Farm agent Debra Braddock, the business she’s built for 25 years with the same company will be the only insurance business she plans to do in …
Mar 9, 2009
National Underwriter–March 6,2009 BY DANIEL HAYSNU Online News Service Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced she would suspend the license of new startup home insurer Peoples Trust for using call center personnel who were not licensed to sell insurance, …
Mar 9, 2009
Daytona News-Journal–March 9, 2009 By JIM SAUNDERS Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE — Already mired in severe budget problems, Florida could face a bigger financial crisis if a major hurricane slams the state this year. A state catastrophe-insurance program is supposed …
Mar 9, 2009
Monday, March 9 Joint Legislative Auditing Committee The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee meets today, March 9, 2009, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Room 401, The Capitol, Tallahassee. Insurance-related agenda items include: Presentation and discussion of the Auditor General Report …