Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced today, August 27, 2008, the receipt of a rate filing from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) that would, if approved, decrease Florida workers’ compensation rates by an average of 14.1 percent statewide. …

Hollywood Senior Services Center Begins Next 30 Years With New Administration, Board Beth Allen has been appointed as Executive Director of the Joseph Meyerhoff Senior Center. Allen, who previously served as Assistant Executive Director of the David Posnack Jewish Community …

Shareholders, Partners All Recognized Individually for Accomplishments South Florida Legal Guide has named Colodny Fass as a “Top Law Firm” of 2009. As an added testament, all Colodny Fass Shareholders–Mike Colodny, Joel Fass and Maria Elena Abate–were selected for individualֲ …

  Shareholders, Partners All Recognized Individually for Accomplishments   South Florida Legal Guide has named Colodny Fass as a “Top Law Firm” of 2009. As an added testament, all Colodny Fass Shareholders–Mike Colodny, Joel Fass and Maria Elena Abate–were selected for individual recognition, …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Tax-swap boosters make case in Florida Supreme Court Hope to get Amendment 5 back on ballot If voters read its ballot title and summary together, they will understand the proposed …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Veto of State Farm’s rate hike bid could roil market in Fla. Florida insurance regulators said Monday that they expect to reject State Farm Florida’s proposed homeowners insurance rate hike …

On Monday, August 25, 2008, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held a Property and Casualty Insurance Committee (“Committee”) meeting to discuss proposed amendments to the Medical Professional Liability Closed Claim Reporting Model Law (“Model Law”). To view the …

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) will hold an August 28, 2008 informational hearing on business arrangements known as Stranger Owned Life Insurance, Stranger-Oriented Life Insurance, Stranger Originated Life Insurance or Speculator Initiated Life Insurance (“STOLI”). The hearing, which …

> The Florida Cabinet will meet on August 26 at 9:00 a.m. in the Cabinet Meeting Room, Lower Level, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida.   

> The Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid Division has scheduled a Rule Hearing regarding Rule number 59G-4.251: Florida Medicaid Prescribed Drugs Reimbursement Methodology for August 26, from 10:00 a.m. through Noon at the Agency for Health Care Administration Headquarters, …