Southeast News for March 2005 Software Developer Ebix Reports 2004 Year-End, Fourth-Quarter Results S.B. 418 Passed W.Va. Senate, Hits Roadblock in House N.C. DOI Disputes 11.5 Auto Rate Request; Long Sets Hearing in September Vesta Insurance Group Delays Filing Form 10-K Ga. House Passes SB 174, Small Employer Insurance Bill Offering Pared-Down Health Plans Ga. House Unanimously Passes SB 230 Requiring Identity Leak Notification Fla. CFO Seeks to Clarify Reported Confusion with Storm Claims, Outlines Options to Help Consumers Fla. Asbestos Bill Gains Initial Committee Approval Fla. Senate Committee Postpones Insurance Bill Until Next Week; Industry Hopes for ‘More Balanced’ Approach Fla. Auditor General to Scrutinize Miami-Dade County Disaster Aid Payments Citizens Board Hoping Fla. Legislature Will Pay its $525 Million Shortfall April Town Hall Meetings Schedule, Locations Announced in Fort Pierce, Jupiter, Bartow Alabama Insurance Commission Deadline Passes, Insurers Have 30 Days to Pay Claims Emergency Services Advises W. Va. Residents to Consider Flood Insurance Ga. Department of Insurance ‘Advisory Service’ Will Review Consumers’ Policies Fla. Bills Propose Standardize Policies, Rating Territories; Might Lower CAT Cap Prison Awaits W.Va. Couple After 10-Year Crime Spree, 60 Arsons Miss. Gov. Barbour Expected to Sign HB 722, Raise PIP Coverage to $25,000 Anderson Group Takes Over Main Source’s Owensboro, Ky. Operations Fla. CFO Schedules Three Town Hall Meetings in April Fla. Legislators Hammering Out Property Insurance Regulations, Changes Pinczes Named AssuranceAmerica CFO Judge Rules W.V. Insurance Commission Must Reveal Sources in Third-Party Bad-Faith Lawsuit Study Funk Pleads Guilty, Receives Life Sentence for Murdering Tampa Adjuster Citizens Task Force Preliminary Data Estimates a $527 Million Deficit S.C. Regulators Declare Two Insurance Cos. Insolvent Vesta to Sell Affirmative Insurance Holdings NAMIC Applauds Passage of Ky. Laws to Clean Up Statute Misconceptions Crawford & Company U.S. Quality Award Program Honors Employee Performance PCI: Fla. Hurricane Cat Fund Changes are Key to Property Market Stability Commissioner Bell to Chair Ala. ‘Insurance Hurricane Issues Task Force’ Third-Party Bad Faith Reform Moving Quickly in W. Va. Victims Ask for Help at Town Hall Meetings; Gallagher to Propose ‘Standard’ Policies W. Va. Tort Reform Bill Survives Toughest Test Yet; NAMIC Comments Fla. Cabinet’s Emergency Rule ‘Holds Insurers Feet to the Fire’ to Expedite Open Hurricane Claims N.C. Commission, Rate Bureau Reach Compromise; Agree on 2.2 Percent Average Policy Increase AIIA Conferees Honor Rep. Mike Hill; Attend BBQ at State Legislature A.M. Best Gives Service Insurance an ‘Excellent’ Rating Laurie Joins Northern Capital Board of Directors Florida Bill Would Drop Collective Deductible, But Would Incur Long-Range Costs for Consumers ELIOS Plantation, Fla. Office to Serve the East Coast CFO Slates Meetings March 19 in Orlando; April 2 in Ft. Pierce, Fla. Vesta Insurance Group to Delay Annual Report Capital One Expanding, Plans to Hire 150 New Agents Main Street America Posts 14.4 Percent Return on Equity Fla. CEO Misses Fort Pierce Meeting Due to ‘Miscommunications’ Tort Reform Supporters Rally at Florida Statehouse Georgia Lawmakers Reject Flex Band Rating Bill 500 Consumers Attend Punta Gorda, Fla. Town Hall Meetings; Gallagher, Insurance Reps Hear Complaints Warren Named Beecher Carlson Holdings Senior Vice President in Atlanta Jury Finds County Employee Not Guilty of Workers’ Comp Fraud Main Street America’s Board of Directors Announces Five Top-Level Promotions St. Petersburg Family Arrested for Faking $85,000 Auto Accident Claim S.C. $400,000 Budget Proposal Would Pay to Hire Six Insurance Fraud Prosecutors Fla. Homeowner Files Lawsuit, Asks Allstate to Pay $10,000 for Mold Damage Computer Models Reassess Fla. Hurricane Risk Following Busy 2004 Season Mobile County, Ala. Legislators Write Letter Requesting One-Year Premium Freeze N.C. MGA Goes High Tech With Electronic Imaging, Document Management Ala. Homeowners Concerned About Possibility of Losing Hurricane Coverage Fla. CFO Issues Statement on ‘Face-to-face’ Meetings With Insurers Miss. Senate Tightens ‘Proof of Insurance’ Requirements Fla. Legislature Considering International Insurance Bill Stark Insurance Services Becomes 1,600th SIAA Member Fla. Homeowner Arrested for False Hurricane Claim Ky. Insurance Dept. Publishes ‘After the Storm’ Booklet AIA Reports Florida’s Worsening Legal Environment Calls for Legislative Action on Tort Reform Ga. Cracks Down On Uninsured Motorists: New Regulations In Effect April 1 Ga. Authorities Still Looking to Park Tow Truck Operator Progressive Drives Into S.C. Commercial Auto Insurance Market; Signs 430 Agents S.C. Firm Lands Two-Year Medicare, Medicaid Contract Fla. Legislative Sessions Begin Today: Insurance-Related Subjects Top To-Do List Visitations, Services Scheduled for Stephen M. Merritt 14 South Floridians Indicted in Dade County for Filing False FEMA Claims Kentucky’s HU Adds New Board Members 21st Century Holding Co. Notes Record Q1 Vanguard Fire & Casualty to Meet with Fla. CFO Regarding Hurricane Claims LIG Marine Announces Three Commercial Marine Insurance Seminars FSLSO Creates Digital Online Classroom, Stresses Online Education Poe Financial Group Gets Regulatory Approval to ‘Depopulate’ More than 5,000 Citizens Policies 14 Floridians Indicted for Federal Emergency Management Agency Fraud N.C. Rate Bureau Requests Double-Digit Homeowners’ Increases; 50 Percent in Coastal Regions S&P Upgrades Fla. Rating From AA+ to AAA W. Va. Gov. Manchin to Introduce Auto Insurance Reform Bill to Legislature Ga. Commissioner Parks Agency Reportedly Selling Bogus Taxi and Limo Coverage Southeast News Archives
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