Jan 1, 2008
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has released its annual state of the market report for workers’ compensation insurance to the Florida Legislature. To view the report, click here, or download the attached file. The OIR’s press release on the report …
Jan 1, 2008
By Bill Cotterell FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU POLITICAL EDITOR Gov. Charlie Crist has seen the end of an eight-year decline in state employment, but the average salaries of workers in Florida’s government agencies and their rate of pay raises lag behind …
Jan 1, 2008
By Mike Vogel – 1/1/2008 Chasing opportunity, several companies last year took 225,000 policies off the hands of Florida’s state-subsidized insurer, Citizens Property Insurance. Meanwhile, Hollywood-based property management company Continental Group launched a self-insurance fund offering property coverage to the …
Jan 1, 2008
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Property taxes didn’t "drop like a rock" during Gov. Charlie Crist’s first year in office, but neither did his approval rating. The Republican weathered a difficult year well, despite making only modest gains on two of the …
Dec 31, 2007
  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) held its Winter 2007 National Meeting in Houston, Texas during early December. Jennifer Burton, a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Dixon-Hughes Insurance Services Group Audit Team, attended the meeting …
Dec 31, 2007
Reminder: The deadline to Notify Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Intent to Transfer Credits is December 31, 2007. Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizensâ€) has issued a Memorandum to all Assessable Insurers (“Assessable Insurersâ€) regarding Voluntary Premium Writing Transfers Procedures. To view …
Dec 30, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â PIP requirement back in new year Florida drivers will have personal injury protection coverage added to their policies Jan. 1 as the state returns to a no-fault system after a …
Dec 28, 2007
2007 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit Colodny Fass, along with Property Casualty Insurers Association of America President Dave Sampson, insurance industry CEOs, regulators, trade association representatives and state lawmakers convened during December for a three-day, invitation-only “2007 State of …
Dec 28, 2007
As reported by the St. Petersburg Times and Orlando Sentinel’s political blogs reprinted below, the Fifth District Court of Appeal this morning cleared State Senator Gary Siplin (D-Orlando), of his grand theft conviction for using state employees on a re-election campaign. Should …
Dec 27, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â 2 sentenced in insurance crash scams Prosecutors hope the sentence handed down to two men who staged a car accident in 2005 will deter others tempted to try and cheat …