Tallahassee Democrat–February 19, 2009 By Bill CotterellFlorida Capital Bureau Political Editor Two legislators Wednesday called for uniform statewide rules to protect construction workers at job sites using large cranes. State Rep. Greg Evers, R-Baker, and Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, were …

Miami Herald–February 19, 2009 The state-run Citizens Property Insurance ended 2008 with $3.1 billion in the bank, an 18 percent gain over the past year. The insurer has $7.2 billion available to pay claims, including debt issued to raise cash …

A.M. Best–February 18, 2009 by Chad Hemenway In a letter to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, State Farm Florida’s president said the company is working on a plan that would allow its agents to find replacement coverage with “keep-out” …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Federal stimulus money makes Florida schools’ picture less grim In one fell swoop, the federal government may have turned the dreary school funding situation in Florida from disastrous …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida regulators and legislators target insurers’ use of credit scores Florida insurance officials want to effectively ban insurers from using credit scores to set residential and automobile insurance …

The Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Rates and Forms Committee (“Committee”) met on Thursday, February 19, 2009. The Committee approved estimated FWCJUA reserve estimates for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expenses for the years 1994 through December 31, …

On Wednesday, February 18, 2009, the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Board of Governors (“Board”) held a meeting.  To view the complete agenda, click here. Board Chairman Jim Malone called the meeting to order with a quorum of members present.  …

A Rule Hearing for the 2009-2010 Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Reimbursement Contract is scheduled for March 18, 2009.  The meeting notice and text of the proposed Rules is reprinted below.    Should you have any questions or comments, please do …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA–February 18, 2009 By News Service Staff THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE………..A Senate health care panel on Wednesday deferred a vote on legislation that would abolish a hospital-dominated panel that helps decide how $1 billion in Medicaid dollars …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Insurer pledges to take 100,000 State Farm policies Florida Peninsula Insurance Co. is jumping into the State Farm scramble, pledging Tuesday to take up to 100,000 potentially displaced …