Category: Insurance Regulatory News

First Citizens Mission Review Task Force Meeting Scheduled

Oct 6, 2008

The first meeting of the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Mission Review Task Force (“Task Force”) has been scheduled to take place on Friday, October 10 at the Tampa Airport Marriott and via teleconference. Agenda items include: Sunshine Law Overview …

Current Status of the Reserve Primary Fund

Oct 6, 2008

The Reserve Primary Fund (“Fund”), a money-market mutual fund, “broke the buck” in mid-September when it fell below $1 a share in net asset value. This was due in large part to its losses on debt issued by Lehman Brothers …

Insurance-Related Meetings for the Month of October

Oct 6, 2008

Insurance-Related Meetings: Month of October, 2008 Week of October 6-10 Monday, October 6 NAIC The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held a regulator-to-regulator meeting of the International Solvency and Accounting Working Group on Monday, October 6 at 11:00 a.m. …

FWCIGA October Board Meeting Report

Oct 3, 2008

The Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association (“FWCIGA”) recently held a Board of Directors (“Board”) meeting to receive updates on legal issues, claims, financial issues, and assessments for 2009. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tom Stahl, with …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, October 3

Oct 3, 2008

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: State Farm lowers auto rates 0.3 percent State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance said Friday it would reduce its auto rates by 0.3 percent on new and renewal policies, effective Oct. …

State-backed insurer backs off plan for new office

Oct 2, 2008

Gainesville Sun–October 1, 2008 The Associated Press In the wake of criticism by key lawmakers, the state-backed property and casualty insurer, Citizens, is backing off plans to seek a new, larger office complex that once included a gymnasium, cafeteria and …

Florida-based Main Street America Acquires Great Lakes Casualty

Oct 2, 2008

Insurance Journal–October 2, 2008 The Main Street America Group, based in Jacksonville, Fla., completed its acquisition of Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co., a Michigan-domiciled private passenger auto insurance carrier, from Newco Financial Holdings Inc. All Great Lakes personnel have become …

Under state scrutiny, Citrus Health Care stops marketing

Oct 2, 2008

Florida Health News–October 1, 2008  By Christine Giordano Even as MD Medicare Choice was collapsing this week, another Tampa-based Medicare plan that has been under state scrutiny over its finances stopped writing new business.  Citrus Health Care, which has 41,000 …