NAIC Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group Meeting

Jan 21, 2009

NAIC Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Personal Lines Market Regulatory Framework Working Group meeting on Wednesday, January 21, starting at 12:00 p.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration …

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing

Jan 21, 2009

Workers’ Compensation Rule Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following Rules: 69L-56.001: Forms and Instructions 69L-56.002: Definitions 69L-56.100: Proof of Coverage (POC) Electronic Reporting Requirements …

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Bill Filed

Jan 20, 2009

On January 19, 2009, State Representative Kevin Rader (D- Boynton Beach) filed House Bill 437 relating to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”).  This bill creates the Division of Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“Division”) as part of the Florida State …

NAIC Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup Meeting

Jan 20, 2009

NAIC Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup Meeting The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) will hold a Casualty Actuarial Statistical Subgroup meeting on Tuesday, January 20, starting at 12:00 p.m. (EST) via teleconference. The registration call-in number is: 412.317.6715. To view …

Clinic owners plead guilty to Medicare fraud

Jan 16, 2009

South Florida Business Journal–January 15, 2009 The owners of two Miami medical clinics, along with a phlebotomist, have pleaded guilty to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $5.3 million HIV and cancer infusion fraud scheme, according to the …

Florida Medicaid Computer Still Ailing

Jan 16, 2009

Tampa Tribune–January 16, 2009 By LINDSAY PETERSON Problems erupted with the state’s new Medicaid payment system the day it went online seven months ago, and they haven’t gone away. The Hillsborough Achievement and Resource Center has lost about $12,000 in …

Big health plans lose 190,000 Florida enrollees

Jan 16, 2009

South Florida Business Journal–January 16, 2009 by Brian Bandell The growing unemployment rate drove a loss of nearly 190,000 commercial health plan enrollees at Florida’s largest insurance plans during 2008. A Business Journal survey of the seven-largest commercial health insurers …

Concern about drywall grows

Jan 16, 2009

Bardenton Herald–January 16, 2009 By JESSICA KLIPA MANATEE – A growing number of homeowners worry that they, too, could have foul-smelling Chinese drywall in their homes. The building material has been linked to corrosion of mechanical and electrical systems and …