California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones advised today, December 5, 2016, that a new international network of insurance regulators and supervisors has been launched to promote cooperation on critical sustainable insurance challenges, such as climate change. Held in San Francisco, …

  Florida Governor Rick Scott announced today, December 5, 2016, that he has extended the State of Emergency in effect as result of Hurricane Matthew. The Executive Order 16-274 extends the former one (Executive Order 16-230) by 60 days. Of …

  FIRM Files Property Insurance Challenge A Local Insurance Watchdog Group has formally filed its challenge to a nearly 9 percent Property Insurance Rate Increase in the Florida Keys.  Timothy O’Hara reports for the Florida Keys News.   Road Rage …

  Florida Senator Frank Artiles filed SB 94 relating to Property Insurance Appraisers and Property Insurance Appraisal Umpires today, December 2, 2016. The bill would include “property insurance appraisal umpires” among various regulations relating to Florida-licensed agents and adjusters, in …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) engaged in extensive communications campaigns both before, during and after Hermine and Matthew–the two hurricanes that impacted Florida this year. In their meeting yesterday, December 1, 2016, Citizens’ Consumer Services Committee members were …

  Florida Appeals Court Reverses in Favor of Homeowner in Insurance Claim Case The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Insurance Companies should not deny coverage for Property Damage just because it had more than one concurrent cause, as long …

  In an opinion on John Robert Sebo, et al. v. American Home Assurance Company, Inc. published today, December 1, 2016, the Florida Supreme Court quashed an earlier decision in the case on the ground that it expressly and directly …

  Citizens Assesses Hurricane Response as 2016 Season Comes to a Close Citizens Property Insurance Corporation expressed satisfaction with its response efforts to the first hurricanes to hit Florida in more than a decade as the end of the 2016 …

  Nelson, Rubio praise decision to move hurricane planes to Lakeland Florida Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio praised a decision that will keep the federal government’s “Hurricane Hunters” fleet in Florida, though MacDill lost out to Lakeland on a …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation advised that Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier will be in St. Augustine, Florida on Friday, December 2, 2016 to host a roundtable discussion focused on the 2016 …