Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Aug 19, 2008
St. Petersburg TImes–August 18, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer It’s all about the trigger. How much storm damage can Florida take before the state has to start tacking additional charges to everyone’s insurance bill? It happened twice before, …
Aug 19, 2008
The New York TImes–August 16, 2008 By DAMIEN CAVE and YOLANNE ALMANZAR MIAMI — The hurricanes are coming. Carlos Alvarez, mayor of Miami-Dade County, cannot say when or how severe they will be, but every public speech he gives now …
Aug 19, 2008
Bradenton Herald–August 19, 2008 By BRIAN NEILL Insurance companies are urging homeowners to report any damage from Tropical Storm Fay as soon as possible. "We will have mobile response units across Florida," said Nick Halliwell, spokesman for Allstate in Florida. …
Aug 19, 2008
Orlando Sentinel–August 19, 2008 Jim Stratton and Robert Block Sentinel Staff Writers With Florida bracing for a potential hurricane, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that he sympathizes with homeowners battered by soaring insurance costs, but he was not …
Aug 19, 2008
The Keys’ economy, starting to recover from the 2005 season of four hurricanes, took another hit when tourists were evacuated for Fay. BY DAVID OVALLE, CAMMY CLARK, CHARLES RABIN AND MARC CAPUTOMiami Herald–August 19, 2008 KEY LARGO —More sandwiches are …
Aug 19, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Fay unlikely to cause havoc with insurance It’s all about the trigger. How much storm damage can Florida take before the state has to start tacking additional charges to everyone’s …
Aug 19, 2008
> The National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold a Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force meeting on August 19 at 2:00 p.m. via teleconference. Registration is required. Meeting materials include: Agenda 2009 Charges for the Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task …
Aug 18, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Â Fla. OIR: No Form Mandate For Surplus Lines The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation said today that it interprets Florida law as saying that nonadmitted or surplus lines insurers …
Aug 18, 2008
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty appointed Eric Lingswiler as Interim Director of Life and Health Product Review for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) on August 18, 2008. The OIR press release is reprinted below.  Should you have any …
Aug 18, 2008
Business of Law It’s work as usual for South Florida firms — with a watchful eye By: Alana Roberts It is mostly business as usual for South Florida’s law firms today although managers and their staffs are maintaining a close …