Above:  House Speaker-Designate Ray Sansom   Florida House Speaker-designate Ray Sansom announced his leadership team for the 2009-2010 Legislative Sessions today, September 9, 2008, in an e-mail sent to all House Members.  The House Organizational Session is scheduled for November 18, …

REMINDER AND MATERIALS: The FPCA Homeowners Division will hold a meeting on Friday, September 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. The call-in number for this meeting is: 800.369.1285; conference code: 64232#. The agenda for this meeting and the minutes from the …

CORRECTED REMINDER AND MATERIALS: The FPCA Automobile Division will hold a meeting on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. The call-in number for this meeting is: 800.369.1285; conference code: 64214#. The agenda for this meeting and the minutes from …

> Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Rule Development Workshop The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation, has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding Rule 69L-7.020: Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual. Proposed changes …

> NAIC Life Insurance and Annuities Committee On Tuesday, September 9, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold a Life Insurance and Annuities Committee meeting at 2:00 p.m. via teleconference.

> NAIC Reinsurance Task Force On Tuesday, September 9, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners will hold a Reinsurance Task Force meeting at 10:30 a.m. via teleconference. Meeting materials include: August 20, 2008 Exposure Draft – Reinsurance Regulatory Modernization Framework …

Capitol to the Courthouse–September 8, 2008 On Sunday, September 7, 2008, President Bush declared a State of Emergency in the State of Florida and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting …

The insurer had sought to raise rates 47 percent By Paul FlemmingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSFlorida Today–September 6, 2008 Regulators Friday smacked down State Farm’s request to challenge rejection of a proposed 47-percent rate increase. Now Florida’s largest private home-insurance company has …

The Gainesville Sun–September 8, 2008 The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. – Emergency officials have opened two disaster recovery centers in southwest Florida to help people affected by Tropical Storm Fay. The centers are in Bonita Springs and Clewiston. Representatives from …

TIME Magazine–September 05, 2008 By MICHAEL GRUNWALD As Hurricane Ike barrels toward South Florida, Americans can be sure they won’t have to endure another catastrophic failure of a hurricane protection system. That’s because South Florida doesn’t have a hurricane protection …