House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Committee Meeting

Apr 8, 2008

The House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. in Morris Hall, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-Related bills to be discussed include: HB 0937: Relating to Title Insurance by Representative …

Senate General Government Appropriations Committee

Apr 8, 2008

The Senate General Government Appropriations Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. in Room 401 of the Senate Office Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-Related bills to be discussed include: SB 2156: Relating …

Senate Health Policy Committee

Apr 8, 2008

The Senate Health Policy Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 from 3:15 p.m.-4:45 p.m. in Room 301 of the Senate Office Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Insurance-Related bills to be discussed include: SB 1598: Relating to …

Senator Alexander Releases Strike-All Amendment to SB 2860

Apr 7, 2008

Senator J.D. Alexander has released a strike-all amendment to Senate Bill 2860 prior to the bill’s scheduled hearing during the Tuesday, April 8, 2008, Senate General Government Appropriations Committee meeting. A copy of Senator Alexander’s amendment is attached for your review. SB …

EDITORIAL: Protecting consumers

Apr 7, 2008

Florida Today–April 6, 2008 State Senate right to rein in property insurers still ripping off homeowners Everything’s taking a back seat in Tallahassee this year to the budget crisis, but the issue of affordable property insurance hasn’t gone away. Consumers …

How a get-tough policy lifted Allstate’s profits

Apr 7, 2008

Herald-Tribune–April 6, 2008 For more than a decade, Allstate Insurance Co. kept a secret from its auto policyholders — a national strategy to force customers to accept reduced cash payouts or face years in court. Thousands of pages of Allstate …

OPINION: Allstate policies now in state’s hands

Apr 7, 2008

Naples Daily News–April 6, 2008 By MICHAEL PELTIER TALLAHASSEE — In the world of insurance regulation, this was a big, BIG deal. A Florida appellate court last week upheld the state Office of Insurance Regulation’s decision to bar Allstate Insurance …

Court upholds Allstate sales ban

Apr 7, 2008

Ruling spurs the insurer to post thousands of pages of documents on the Web By John Hielscher and Paige St. JohnSTAFF WRITERSHerald-Tribune–April 5, 2008 A state appellate court Friday freed Florida to ban Allstate from writing new policies in Florida. …

NAIC’s April 2008 SERFF Issue

Apr 7, 2008

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has released its System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (“SERFF”) newsletter for April, 2008. The SERFF system is designed to provide a cost-effective method of handling insurance policy rate and form filings …