Feb 13, 2009
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) announced today, February 13, 2009, that Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has conditionally approved State Farm Florida Insurance Company’s plan to withdraw its property insurance coverage from the Florida market. Commissioner McCarty is scheduled to be …
Feb 12, 2009
Herald Tribune–February 12, 2009 By LLOYD DUNKELBERGER H-T CAPITAL BUREAU TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Charlie Crist used his joint appearance with President Barack Obama on Tuesday in Fort Myers to personally lobby the president for the creation of a national catastrophe …
Feb 12, 2009
Treasure Coast Palm–February 11, 2009 By Jim Turner Congressman Tom Rooney, R-Tequesta, introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a tax-deferred reserve to allow insurance companies to set aside money for future disasters. “It is very clear the current system needs …
Feb 12, 2009
National Underwriter–February 12, 2009 A Florida trade group called yesterday for halt in what it said were efforts to create paranoia and make property owners shift home insurers. The statement came from National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors-Florida which …
Feb 12, 2009
They face a fuzzy future after the company’s Florida declaration. By David Bauerlein Florida Times-Union–February 12, 2009 State Farm agent Craig Dewhurst describes the mood of his fellow agents by recalling the upheaval of 1992 when Hurricane Andrew slammed South …
Feb 12, 2009
Bradenton Herald–February 12, 2009 By CARL MARIO NUDI BRADENTON – In the future, you may receive a bill for a service fee when Bradenton Police have to direct traffic because you caused a vehicle crash. The City Council on Wednesday …
Feb 12, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida property taxes down for second year in a row New reports say non-school property taxes have dropped in the past two years after three decades of steady …
Feb 12, 2009
Above: Florida Governor Charlie Crist held a Civil Rights Roundtable discussion this morning honoring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s 100th anniversary and the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. Governor Crist met with Florida’s African-American community …
Feb 12, 2009
All information is from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Counties with the highest rate increases if rate was granted Requested Rate impact on all counties if rate was granted State Farm Florida’s homeowners’ rate activity since Hurricane Andrew State …
Feb 12, 2009
Featuring nationally-known regulators, state legislators, economists and insurance industry executives, the 2009 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit drew over three hundred attendees to the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Florida from January 14-16, 2009. A review of …