FWCJUA Reinsurance Committee Meeting Report: August 19

Aug 20, 2008

On Tuesday, August 19, 2008, the Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) held a Reinsurance Committee (“Committee”) meeting to discuss 2009 Reinsurance Program (“Program”), goals and market strategy, and to receive an update on commutation matters. The meeting was …

Board of Employee Leasing Companies Meeting

Aug 20, 2008

> The Board Of Employee Leasing Companies will hold a Board meeting on August 20 at 10:00 a.m. at the Hilton Daytona Beach, 100 N. Atlantic Avenue, Daytona Beach, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Fay unlikely to cause havoc with insurance

Aug 19, 2008

St. Petersburg TImes–August 18, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer It’s all about the trigger. How much storm damage can Florida take before the state has to start tacking additional charges to everyone’s insurance bill? It happened twice before, …

In Florida, Turning a Blind Eye to Hurricanes

Aug 19, 2008

The New York TImes–August 16, 2008 By DAMIEN CAVE and YOLANNE ALMANZAR MIAMI — The hurricanes are coming. Carlos Alvarez, mayor of Miami-Dade County, cannot say when or how severe they will be, but every public speech he gives now …

Insurers are ready – just in case

Aug 19, 2008

Bradenton Herald–August 19, 2008 By BRIAN NEILL Insurance companies are urging homeowners to report any damage from Tropical Storm Fay as soon as possible. "We will have mobile response units across Florida," said Nick Halliwell, spokesman for Allstate in Florida. …

McCain: No to storm fund; yes to NASA money

Aug 19, 2008

Orlando Sentinel–August 19, 2008 Jim Stratton and Robert Block Sentinel Staff Writers With Florida bracing for a potential hurricane, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that he sympathizes with homeowners battered by soaring insurance costs, but he was not …

Fay deals one more blow to battered Keys economy

Aug 19, 2008

The Keys’ economy, starting to recover from the 2005 season of four hurricanes, took another hit when tourists were evacuated for Fay. BY DAVID OVALLE, CAMMY CLARK, CHARLES RABIN AND MARC CAPUTOMiami Herald–August 19, 2008 KEY LARGO —More sandwiches are …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, August 19

Aug 19, 2008

To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Fay unlikely to cause havoc with insurance It’s all about the trigger. How much storm damage can Florida take before the state has to start tacking additional charges to everyone’s …