UPDATE:  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMMS”), a division of the U.S. Department of Health, has set up a dedicated Web site (http://www.cms.hhs.gov/MandatoryInsRep) for information regarding S.2499, the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (“SCHIP”).  CMMS …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Launches Updated Web Site for Homeowners Insurance Shoppers Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty launched the updated www.ShopAndCompareRates.com Web site. The two offices activated …

On Thursday, August 7, 2008, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) held a Board of Governors (“Board”) meeting in Tampa, FL.  To view the complete agenda, click here.  Recently-appointed Citizens Board Chairman James R. Malone stated that he was enthusiastic about …

> Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will hold a Board of Governors meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.  The call-in number is 888.295.6211. 

Orlando Sentinel–August 6, 2008 Anika Myers Palm Sentinel staff writer Florida Farm Bureau is contemplating its next move now that the Office of Insurance Regulation has rejected the company’s request to raise its property-insurance rates. The company is considering whether …

Jacksonville Business Journal–August 5, 2008 by Mark Szakonyi A new disaster recovery center with the ability to withstand a Category 5 hurricane will open in Jacksonville in mid-September. Colo 5’s 122,000-square-foot data center, which is housed in the former Barnett …

Hurricane season’s early activity has 2 forecasters upping their predictions By Anna Scott Herald Tribune–August 6, 2008 Florida has so far been spared from being hit in an active early hurricane season. But as the season peaks over the next …

Palm Beach Post Letters to the Editor Palm Beach Post–August 06, 2008 Port St. Lucie recently passed ordinance 08-58 that allows non-occupied structures to be protected with closed storm shutters during the storm season (June 1 to Nov. 30). Many …

Treasure Coast Palm–August 5, 2008 By Nadia Vanderhoof The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Tuesday denied a June 20 rate hike request by Florida Farm Bureau Insurance Co.’s subsidiaries Farm Bureau General and Farm Bureau Casualty. Farm Bureau was …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State denies insurer Farm Bureau’s proposed rate hike The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Tuesday denied a June 20 rate hike request by Florida Farm Bureau Insurance …