Oct 30, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens’ hurricane mitigation discounts help condo associations Condominium and homeowners associations that have added storm shutters, reinforced doors or roofs and put in impact-resistant glass to make their …
Oct 30, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Save Our Homes challenge rejected — trio to appeal Three recent homebuyers who moved to Florida from other states will appeal a judge’s ruling that dismissed their challenge …
Oct 30, 2008
The Florida Senate has issued the following economic development-related Interim Project Reports and Issue Briefs: Committee on Commerce Review of OTTED’s Oversight of the Innovation Incentive Grant Program This report examines the background and current status of …
Oct 30, 2008
The Joseph Meyerhoff Senior Center, located in Hollywood, Florida, is under new administration and the guidance of a newly-installed Board of Directors, chaired by Mike Colodny of Colodny Fass. Having recently celebrated its 30th Anniversary in conjunction with the hire of …
Oct 30, 2008
Following is a recap of National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) life and health insurance-related meetings held during the month of October. Medicare Part D Updates The Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group has approved sponsorship of the Medicare Part …
Oct 29, 2008
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation–October 29, 2008 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty Tuesday issued a final order approving the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) amended rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance rates that will become …
Oct 29, 2008
Disbarred lawyer will spend a year in prison for stealing insurance funds CFO Sink–October 29, 2008 PEMBROKE PINES – Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced today that a South Florida attorney has been disbarred and has been ordered to …
Oct 29, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel–October 29, 2008 Bob LaMendola Florida’s Medicaid program underpaid nursing homes by $214 million in 2006 and will fall short by a like amount this year as a result of an ongoing, national funding gap, according to a …
Oct 29, 2008
Insurance Journal–October 28, 2008 Tennessee-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. established a commercial brokerage division and will open a new office in Sarasota, Fla. to house the new operation. AUI will focus on property and casualty risks that are unique, unusual or …
Oct 29, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel–October 28, 2008 By Aaron Deslatte Orlando Sentinel Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE With the presidential election still a week out, nearly one-fifth of Florida’s electorate has already cast ballots. And Florida Democrats are claiming they’ve got an edge over …