Apr 7, 2010
The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference on Friday, April 9, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 63015#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 26, 2010 meeting, …
Apr 6, 2010
As part of its meeting agenda today, April 6, 2010, the Florida Senate Committee (“Committee”) on General Government Appropriations considered Senate Bill 2044 relating to Property Insurance by the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance and Senator Garrett Richter. However, …
Apr 6, 2010
This article was pupblished by the News-Journal Online on April 6, 2010. By STATE REP. BILL PROCTOR, COMMUNITY VOICES A serious threat to Florida’s economic recovery is the possibility that a major hurricane will strike a large metropolitan area this …
Apr 6, 2010
This article was published by the Insurance Journal on April 5, 2010. Florida’s 21st Century Holding Co. announced that its subsidiary Federated National Insurance Co. (FNIC) has received a capital infusion of $10 million. The transaction follows the previously announced …
Apr 6, 2010
This article appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat on April 5, 2010: By Jim Ash FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU Florida is one major hurricane from financial ruin, insurance companies need more freedom to raise rates, and lawmakers need to rein in Citizen’s …
Apr 6, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: House passes 3-day sales tax holiday The House unanimously has passed a shortened back-to-school sales tax holiday on most clothing and school supplies. For clothes priced …
Apr 6, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Blog: Should insurers disclose financial information for affiliates? A Senate panel on Wednesday will weigh several property insurance measures, including a bill that would require insurers to …
Apr 6, 2010
This article appeared in The Sarasota Herald-Tribune on April 3, 2010: By Aaron Kessler The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released its long-awaited guidance Friday for how to deal with homes affected by contaminated Chinese drywall, saying the product represented …
Apr 6, 2010
On April 1, 2010, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) issued an Order amending certain previously issued Consent Orders with respect to insurers’ obligations when assuming policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”). Specifically, all Consent Orders relating to …
Apr 6, 2010
This editorial appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat on April 6, 2010: Lawmakers seem increasingly prepared, and so they should be, to challenge Gov. Charlie Crist’s threat to once again veto legislation that would open up the property insurance market — …