Use of credit reports and credit scores The Florida Financial Services Commission ("FSC"), on behalf of the OIR, has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Rule number 690-125.005, relating to the use of credit reports and credit scores byinsurers, …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Snowbird couple may take Save Our Homes law to U.S. Supreme Court TALLAHASSEE The man who led a drive to put a homeowners tax break into the state constitution said …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   State budget-slashing ideas leave no services untouched Poor pregnant women could face extra hurdles to get a Caesarean section. Some criminals could spend less time in prison. Hospitals might lose …

On June 29, 2007, the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, in conjunction with appropriations staff in the Florida House and Senate, requested the early submission of a Schedule VIIIB-1 to allow for review and analysis of various recurring budget …

Below are upcoming Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Hearings and Workshops.  Also included are Notices of Final Adopted Rules relating to administrative insurance matters. Click on the Rule number or name of the notice to link to additional details on …

A conference call of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Terrorism Insurance Implementation (C) Working Group (“Working Group”) of the Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee (“Committee”) took place on August 7, 2007.  The Working Group discussed the status …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Broward school board members agree to hire Jim Notter as superintendent of schools Jim Notter has become Broward’s 18th superintendent of schools–on his 61st birthday.  School board members unanimously agreed …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   The Sun-Sentinel Interviews State Senator Nan Rich on Florida’s Insurance Crisis   Sinkhole Deal Could Put Pasco, Hernando Residents In Bigger Hole Gov. Charlie Crist and the Legislature failed to deliver …

With the cost of workers compensation premiums dropping statewide, the Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Bureau of Compliance is stepping up enforcement.  A recent sweep of 177 businesses in the Florida panhandle yielded 23 Stop Work Orders.  Seven of the checks …

Above:  Newly-Named Florida Insurance Fraud Director Vicki Cutcliffe   Florida Chief  Financial Officer Alex Sink today issued the announcement below regarding the appointment of 30-year law enforcement veteran Vicki Cutcliffe as the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud (“DIF”) Director. Should …