Aug 10, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  State Farm public hearing put off TALLAHASSEE — Tuesday’s scheduled public hearing on State Farm’s home insurance practices in Florida is now postponed, stymied by regulators’ own zeal.  Use of …
Aug 10, 2007
On August 6, 2007, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans issued another very important ruling in favor of the insurance industry by validating the clear intent and meaning of the valued policy law in Louisiana. The …
Aug 10, 2007
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has just released the following: For Immediate Release: Contact: Tom Zutell or Jonathon Kees850/ 413-2515 TALLAHASSEE (08/10/2007) – This week, the Office of Insurance Regulation disapproved Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Company’s and Metropolitan Property & …
Aug 10, 2007
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has just released the following:  TALLAHASSEE (08/10/2007) – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has postponed the public hearing to be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 regarding recent underwriting decisions made by the …
Aug 10, 2007
Insurance Fraud Weekly ePortWeek Ending August 10, 2007 www.insurancefraud.org ________________________________ LEGISLATION & REGULATION * The North Carolina legislature adjourned for the year without passing SB 179, which would’ve created a whistleblower law targeting Medicaid scams in the state. But the legislature did …
Aug 10, 2007
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (“FDEPâ€) Division of Air Resource Management will be holding the following workshops on August 23, 2007: Location:      3800 Commonwealth Boulevard                    Carr Building, Room 170                    Tallahassee, Florida • 9:00 am     Adopting California’s Motor Vehicle Emissions Standards …
Aug 9, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Â Most States Facing Budget Declines The fiscal health of states is again in decline, with end-of-year balances down in the 2007 fiscal year and expected to drop again, according …
Aug 9, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Carolina G.O.P. Moves Up Primary CONCORD, N.H., Aug. 9 — The South Carolina Republican Party has moved up its primary to Jan. 19, leapfrogging ahead of the Florida primary and …
Aug 9, 2007
On Thursday, August 9, 2007, a representative from this office attended a public hearing on Proposed Rules 69O-125.005 and 69O-125.006, relating to the “Use of Credit Reports and Credit Scores by Insurers.†These Rules require the review and approval of …
Aug 9, 2007
U.S. Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL, Dist. 22) and co-sponsor Tim Mahoney (D-FL, Dist. 16), recently filed H.R. 3355, a bill entitled “The Homeowners’ Defense Act of 2007,” a national catastrophe insurance plan to promote the availability and affordability of homeowners’ …