Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Palm Bay to vote on red-light cameras

Jan 8, 2009

Florida Today–January 8, 2009 BY KIMBERLY C. MOORE Say cheese. The city of Palm Bay is hoping to take your picture, especially if you run a red light. The city council tonight is set to vote on installing red-light cameras …

Another oops for Cover FL — United not yet approved

Jan 8, 2009

Florida Health News–January 7, 2009 By Carol Gentry and Christine Jordan Sexton TALLAHASSEE — For weeks, Florida officials have said six companies received state authorization to sell moderately-priced, limited-benefit health plans to the uninsured as of Jan. 5. Two are …

NAIC Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup Meeting

Jan 8, 2009

NAIC Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Catastrophe Modeling Subgroup meeting on Thursday, January 8, starting at 11:00 a.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration call-in number is: 412.317.6715.

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, January 7

Jan 7, 2009

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens should hike insurance rates, task force says Citizens Property Insurance should be allowed to end its three-year rate freeze and start aggressively hiking homeowner insurance rates as …

OIR Releases 2008 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report

Jan 7, 2009

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) released the 2008 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report on the state of the workers’ compensation insurance market today, January 7, 2009. The request for an 18.6 percent rate increase over two years by the …