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Policy Counts for States’ Property Insurers of Last Resort Grew 17% in 2011: III
Jul 10 2012 // A record-high 3.31 million residential and commercial policies were offered through state-run property insurers of last resort in the United States in 2011, a 17 percent increase over the previous record of 2.84 million in...
Florida Adjusters Win Free Speech Case Against 48-Hour Solicitation Rule
Jul 9 2012 // A 2008 Florida law establishing a 48-hour moratorium on public adjusters has been ruled unconstitutional by the Florida Supreme Court on grounds that it restricts commercial speech. The decision was a blow to the insurance...
Florida Governor to Visit Lloyd’s of London
Jul 9 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott is jetting off for foreign soil again — this time to the United Kingdom. Scott and his entourage left Saturday on a five-day trip that will include a visit to the world’s leading market for...
Florida Agents, Adjusters Face Continuing Education, Licensing Changes
Jul 5 2012 // A new Florida law seeks to reduce the regulatory burden on agents and adjusters by consolidating some licenses and revamping the education classes they must take to conduct business in the state. Among the changes:...
Florida Seeks Help to Quicken Approval of Insurer Forms
Jul 3 2012 // Florida regulators are looking to fast track the approval of changes in insurance company property policy forms and coverages after building up a significant backlog due to the numerous law changes enacted in the past two...
Florida Won’t Implement Medicaid Expansion, Health Exchange
Jul 2 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott said his state will opt out of implementing optional portions of the Affordable Care Act that deal with expanding Medicaid and building a public insurance exchange to sell coverage. He said that...
Florida’s Anti-Fraud Auto Insurance Law Now in Effect
Jul 2 2012 // A trio of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 new Florida laws going into effect Sunday. A law that bans state and local...
People – Southeast
Jul 2 2012 // Florida’s state-backed homeowners insurer has reached into the private sector for its new president, selecting an experienced insurance executive and consultant. The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of...
Business Moves – Southeast
Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, Whitehaven Illinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...
Study: Florida Among Best for Building Codes
Jul 2 2012 // Florida and Virginia have received good marks in a survey that looks at building codes in hurricane-prone states. The Tampa-based Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety conducted an analysis, evaluation, and...
Chartis’ Kinsey Joins Fireman’s Fund as Eastern Personal Lines Executive in Florida
Jun 29 2012 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Joe Kinsey to the position of high net worth personal insurance executive for the eastern zone. In his new role, Kinsey has full underwriting and distribution responsibility...
State Farm Seeks 14.9% Jump in Florida Property Insurance Rates
Jun 28 2012 // Florida’s third largest property insurer is seeking a statewide average 14.9 percent increase in property rates as part of a plan to shore-up its fiscal condition while revamping the deductibles and discounts it...
Supreme Court to Deliver Obama Healthcare Ruling
Jun 28 2012 // The U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver on Thursday its ruling on President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul, his signature domestic policy achievement, in a historic case that could hand him a huge triumph...
Florida Orders Firm to Stop Unlicensed Sale of Home Warranties
Jun 27 2012 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an order Wednesday to American Fidelity Services LLC to cease and desist engaging in the unauthorized and unlicensed business of a home warranty association in the state...
Tropical Storm Debby Makes Landfall in Florida Near Steinhatchee
Jun 26 2012 // Tropical Storm Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. It is the first tropical storm of 2012 to form in the Gulf of Mexico. “Debby is expected to weaken to...
Tropical Storm Debby Tracking Slowly Towards Florida’s West Coast: AIR
Jun 26 2012 // According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, as of 8 a.m. today, Tropical Storm Debby was still a weak tropical storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but it was drenching northern Florida and parts of...
FEMA to Floridians, Visitors: ‘Take Debby Seriously’
Jun 26 2012 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and its federal partners said they continue to monitor and work closely with states potentially affected by Tropical Storm Debby, including Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,...
RMS Update on Tropical Storm Debby in Florida
Jun 26 2012 // Catastrophe modeling firm Risk Management Solutions (RMS) issued the following update on Tropical Storm Debby this morning, Tuesday, June 26: Over the last 24 hours, Tropical Storm Debby (located over the northeast Gulf of...
Tropical Storm Debby Drenches Florida
Jun 26 2012 // Tropical Storm Debby whipped Florida with bands of drenching rain Monday while its center was nearly stationary in the Gulf of Mexico. Its slow progress meant the most pressing threat from the storm was flooding, not...
AIR Worldwide Comments on Tropical Storm Debby
Jun 25 2012 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide issued the following advisory on Tropical Storm Debby this morning: According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2012...
