To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Miami-Dade schools budget plan avoids layoffs, tax hike Miami-Dade School Board members gave the thumbs-up to a first draft of the district’s $4.3 billion budget.   Palm Beach …

  Upholding state regulation in regard to international insurance agreements negotiated by the U.S. Treasury will be among the insurance-related topics in a United States Senate and House of Representatives conference committee meeting scheduled to commence today, June 15, 2010.  During …

Above:   Hours ahead of addressing the nation today, President Barack Obama and Gov. Charlie Crist visited Pensacola Beach, Florida’s ground zero in the Deepwater Horizon crisis.   (Associated Press Photo)     To view a complete story, click on a headline below: …

The following article was published by The News Service of Florida on June 14, 2010: Former state House member Perry McGriff, a Gainesville insurance agent, will file this week to run against Republican Sen. Steve Oelrich, R-Cross Creek, McGriff announced …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:  State-backed Citizens Property Insurance grows by 107,000 policies In the past four months, Citizens Property Insurance took on 107,511 new policies.   Florida gives insurance companies some …

    Published in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune June 14, 2010By Paige St. John Florida regulators have agreed to allow a once-troubled property insurer to enter hurricane season prepared not for a big hurricane, but multiple smaller ones. The Orlando-based Olympus …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Allstate changes rules to write more policies Florida subsidiaries of Allstate Insurance Co. have amended their regulations regarding properties near coastal waters in an effort to serve more …

Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida regulatory events for the week of June 14 – 18, 2010: Note:  All times are Eastern Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type.    FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS        Monday, June …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Editorial:  Florida needs consumer protections, federal catastrophe fund Gov. Charlie Crist made the right move recently in vetoing a property insurance bill that would have made it easier …

  Florida Governor Charlie Crist recently created the Gulf Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force (“Task Force”) to facilitate efforts by Florida business and industries in recovering lost business and revenues due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.  The first …