Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Monday, November 17

Nov 17, 2008

To read a complete story, click on a headline below:   Hartford Buys A Thrift Hartford Insurance Group announced it plans to acquire a Central Florida thrift and simultaneously applied for a thrift charter and federal aid under the government’s …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, November 14

Nov 14, 2008

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens Insurance ‘opt-out,’ ‘takeout’ system nettlesome If you want to stick with the state-run Citizens Property Insurance, pray that private insurance companies don’t consider you a “desirable” policyholder. …

Insurance-Related Meetings for the Week of November 17-21

Nov 14, 2008

  Insurance-Related Meetings:   Week of November 17-21, 2008   Monday, November 17   Division of Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation, has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following …

OP-ED: Florida’s Big Insurance Problem

Nov 13, 2008

BusinessWeek Online–November 13, 2008 By Nanette Byrnes Nanette Byrnes When Hurricane Ike took a left on Sept. 8, heading away from Florida, locals breathed a sigh of relief. Not only are their homes on the line with each burst of …

Federal grants help Melbourne recover

Nov 13, 2008

Florida Today–November 12, 2008 BY SUSANNE CERVENKAFLORIDA TODAY Melbourne pulled in nearly $2.2 million in federal funding for projects aimed at preventing erosion damage resulting from Tropical Storm Fay. The money from a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant will pay …

Newly public Homeowners Choice posts profit gain

Nov 13, 2008

Tampa Bay Business Journal–Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Homeowners Choice Inc. reported net income of $802,000, or 12 cents a share, for the third quarter of 2008, compared to a net loss of $114,000, or 2 cents a share, in the …

NAIC Surplus Lines Task Force Meeting: November 19

Nov 13, 2008

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has scheduled a Surplus Lines Task Force meeting to take place on Wednesday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m. (EST) via teleconference.  The registration call-in number is:  412.317.6715. The following items are scheduled to be …