Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed Florida’s application for over $700 million in federal education stimulus grants at an elementary school in Orlando today, January 15, 2009.  Winners of the funding program, which is known as “Race to the Top,” are expected …

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Chief Operating Officer Jack Nicholson has provided the Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) with a revised bill draft relating to the FHCF contract year change effected by legislation passed in 2009.  The FHCF is drafting …

Update:   To view the meeting notice, click here. The Rule Hearing originally scheduled to be held January 4 on a mandated annual insurer report card Rule has been rescheduled for February 9.  Corrections to the previous version of the Rule …

REMINDER:  The Florida Property and Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Automobile Division will hold the following meetings during the 2010 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando: Member meeting and lunch – Wednesday, January …

REMINDER:  The Florida Property and Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Homeowners Division will hold the following meetings during the 2010 State of the Florida Insurance Market Summit at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando: Joint lunch meeting with the Automobile Division – …

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“FCHLPM”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) will hold the first of two January meetings on Friday, January 15 from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the …

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“Commission”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee (“Committee”) will finalize its statutory report of recommendations for improving the State’s wind mitigation credit system on January 15.  To view the Committee’s draft report, click here.  The …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida ranks eighth in new education report Florida public schools rank 8th in the nation — a huge leap from 31st just three years ago — in …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida “safe” from earthquakes “Florida is one of the most stable places on the planet,” said Florida International University professor Grenville Draper, who has studied and mapped …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 14, 2009. BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com A workers’ compensation insurance company spent more than $28,000 on Helmuth Droege after the Miami computer salesman claimed he broke his arm during a fall at …