Oct 7, 2008
St. Petersburg Times–October 7, 2008 By Jennifer Liberto, Times staff writer TALLAHASSEE —The global financial crisis threatens to unravel Florida’s property insurance system if a major hurricane hits during the last two months of this hurricane season. The reason is …
Oct 7, 2008
Tampa Bay Business Journal–October 6, 2008 by Margie Manning Senior Staff Writer Bank of America Corp. will provide up to $8.4 billion to modify troubled mortgages it acquired as part of its purchase of Countrywide Financial Corp. in July. The …
Oct 7, 2008
South Florida Business Journal–October 7, 2008 Florida is to receive $3.6 million of a landmark $62 million that drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. has agreed to pay to 32 states to settle claims that it improperly marketed Zyprexa, a …
Oct 7, 2008
Florida Health News–October 6, 2008 Cardinal Health’s pharmaceutical-distribution center in Lakeland, which lost the legal right to dispense controlled drugs ten months ago following a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation, will get its DEA license restored as part of a $34 …
Oct 7, 2008
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Ballot Issues Await Vote Although the Florida Supreme Court has removed three of the most contentious constitutional amendments from next month’s election, Floridians will still get to decide a half …
Oct 7, 2008
> NCCI Workers’ Compensation Rate Hearing The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation ("OIR"), has issued a Notice of Workshop Hearing regarding the workers’ compensation rate filing made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. ("NCCI"). …
Oct 6, 2008
Herald Tribune–October 5, 2008 By Paige St. John SARASOTA – When Florida lawmakers expanded the state’s hurricane fund in 2007 to force lower premiums, they tied the ability to deliver billions in insurance coverage to something as volatile as tropical …
Oct 6, 2008
Orlando Sentinel–October 4, 2008 By Julie Patel | South Florida Sun-Sentinel State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest automobile insurer in Florida, will slightly lower its statewide average annual premium this month, the insurer said Friday. The rate cut, …
Oct 6, 2008
Charlotte Sun and Weekly Herald–October 5, 2008 By TERRY O’CONNORNorth Port Assistant Editor PORT CHARLOTTE — A fourth consecutive Florida hurricane season without a cataclysm like Hurricane Charley continues to place homeowners on more even footing with their property insurance …
Oct 6, 2008
USA Today–October 5, 2008 By Julie Appleby, USA TODAY Home health care costs charged to Medicare in the Miami area have risen 20 times the national average in the past five years, prompting a federal investigation of suspected fraudulent billing. …