Florida Trend: Insurance 2008

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 …

Crist remains popular after a tough first year in office

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 …

NAIC 2007 Winter Meeting Update From Dixon Hughes

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 …

Senator Siplin Cleared of Felony Charges

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 …