Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Mar 4, 2009
Treasure Coast Palm–March 3, 2009 By Jim Turner FORT PIERCE – National City Insurance Group, with four locations from Port St. Lucie to Palm Bay, along with Florida Consolidated Agency in Palm Beach County, have been purchased by a former …
Mar 4, 2009
The Tampa Tribune–March 4, 2009 No one wants to see the return of the day when Florida businesses were bombarded by crippling workers’ compensation claims. But reforms adopted by the Legislature in 2003, as the state Supreme Court found, went …
Mar 4, 2009
Miami Herald–March 4, 2009 The Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill that would allow local governments to reduce property insurance rates for sinkhole mitigation is moving in the Legislature. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved the proposal …
Mar 4, 2009
Naples Daily News–March 4, 2009 By RYAN MILLS NAPLES – Golden Gate Estates residents who thought the 800-acre inferno that destroyed three homes and threatened hundreds more last summer was bad, well, hold on to your britches. “We could have …
Mar 4, 2009
The House Economic Development Policy Committee met this morning, March 4, 2009, and, as part of its agenda, reviewed Proposed Committee Bill EDP-1 Relating to Economic Development. EDP-1, which passed the Committee and will be assigned a bill number, includes …
Mar 4, 2009
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Mar 3, 2009
To view a complete story, click on the headline below: THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: GROUP–CAT Fund A Paper Tiger Florida’s $29 billion hurricane safety net couldn’t fulfill its duties without federal aid or the backing of Florida’s …
Mar 3, 2009
The Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association’s (“FWCIGA”) Board of Directors (“Board”) held its first quarterly meeting of 2009 on Monday, March 2. To view meeting notice, click here. The meeting agenda is attached for your review. A letter from …
Mar 3, 2009
Dallas Business Journal–March 2, 2009 Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal – by Chris Newmarker Staff Writer Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC is buying Bloomington-based John B. Collins Associates Inc. in a move meant to expand its position in the …
Mar 3, 2009
The solvency of the state’s storm damage insurance fund is a key issue for lawmakers. With rates likely to rise, the question has become by how much. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIAMarch 1, 2009 The respite from sharply rising homeowner insurance …