St. Petersburg Gets Ready to Celebrate Lower Flood Insurance Premiums Under the National Community Rating System, or CRS, St. Petersburg’s Rating will drop from Class 6 to Class 5, an improvement that will save $1.7 million for the tens …

  Home Older Than 40?  Insurer Slaps Cap On Water Claims Regulators have not always found Big Rate Hikes Justified for 2017, but thousands living in Older South Florida Homes face Limits on the Costliest Category of Claims not caused by storms …

  With Directive 16-EX-5 issued yesterday, November 1, 2016, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens instructed all insurers covering property risks in the State of Georgia to provide the following information for all claims that relate to losses …

  In Notice 2016-66 issued yesterday, November 1, 2016, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) requested feedback from interested parties on how Micro-Captive Insurance Transactions might be addressed in future published guidance.  Comments should be submitted …

  West Palm Beach Region Ranks 4th in U.S. Car Thefts With Keys Inside Whatever the case, a Region including Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach dwells in the Country’s Top 5 in a Category of Theft that’s actually …

  The Excess Line Association of New York noted today, November 1, 2016, that it has submitted comments to the New York Department of Financial Services and made a number of recommendations to change the Proposed Regulation 23 NYCRR 500 …

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Group Solvency Issues Working Group met via conference call on October 28, 2016, during which members discussed a proposed Form F Guidance Manual.   Form F, also known as the Enterprise Risk Report, …

  Issued October 27, 2016 by the Louisiana Department of Insurance (“LDI”), Emergency Rule 31 exempts insurance licensees from having to provide annual privacy notices to consumers if they have initially provided a privacy notice and if their practices and …

  U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Hialeah Workers’ Comp Case The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a case that raised questions about the constitutionality of Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance System.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via CBS Miami.   …

  The U.S. Federal Reserve advised today, October 31, 2016, that five federal regulatory agencies are requesting comment on a joint notice of proposed rulemaking to implement provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act (“Biggert-Waters Act”) that require regulated …