Latest Florida Headlines
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Florida Didn’t Make Sure Hurricane Payments Were Legit
Jan 30 2006 // Florida officials didn’t confirm the legitimacy of some hurricane claims before it paid out more than $150 million as part of an agreement to share the cost with Washington, a state audit has found. As part of a deal...
Fla. CFO to Reform Premises Liability Rule, Fix ‘Broken Civil Justice System’
Jan 27 2006 // A lack of meaningful tort reform in Florida has added unnecessary expenses to the insurance and healthcare industries in Florida, CFO Tom Gallagher told the Coral Springs, Fla. Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees. One of...
Windstorm Conference Speaker Bailey Predicts Wind vs. Flood Suits Won’t Succeed
Jan 25 2006 // The controversy over litigation about wind vs. flood damage and what could happen in the market place and to the industry if Mississippi Attorney General James Hood and attorney Richard ‘Dickie’ Scruggs are...
Fla. Property Insurance Reforms Described by CFO Gallagher
Jan 24 2006 // Solutions to strengthen Florida’s property insurance market were described by CFO Tom Gallagher during an address to the Windermere Rotary Club in Orlando, Fla. Last year, in the wake of two unprecedented hurricane...
Fla. Office of Insurance Issues Consent Order Against 10 AIG Companies
Jan 23 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Consent Order requiring 10 AIG Companies to transmit financial data required by statute, to pay administrative fines and costs of more than half a million dollars and...
Florida Candidates for Governor Pledge to Solve Citizens Problems, Add Insurers
Jan 23 2006 // Solving Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s problems, encouraging new insurers to enter the Florida market and lowering property insurance rates were debated by candidates for governor of Florida during a Jan. 20...
Commissioner Cites Adverse Affects of Artificially Suppressed Florida Markets; Comments on Election Suggestion
Jan 23 2006 // Florida is experiencing artificially suppressed markets and insurance rates, which is not a long-term solution for the insurance problems the state is encountering, according to Kevin McCarty, insurance...
Caught in the middle
Jan 23 2006 // State legislatures are meeting, or will soon meet in most southeastern states to consider insurance proposals, many of which attempt to regulate the industry and prepare for the 2006 hurricane season. Associations in...
FLA. SUNCOAST CHAPTER OF CPCU TO EMPHASIZE CE, SPEAKERS
Jan 23 2006 // Increasing participation in continuing education events and presenting interesting monthly events are the 2006 goals of the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, according to Susan...
FAIA PROPOSAL TO REFORM CERTIFICATES OF INSURANCE
Jan 23 2006 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has four key goals to accomplish in 2006 according to Jeff Grady, FAIA president: first, to pass its property insurance market proposal; second, to pass FAIA’s proposal to...
Fla. Insurance Council predicts hurricane coverage utmost concern
Jan 23 2006 // Florida Insurance Council Executive Vice President Sam Miller predicts hurricane insurance will be the most significant property and casualty issue in 2006, just as it was in 2005, on the state level. “Congress, at a...
Quality Plus Restoration of Houston agrees to cancel Fla. liens, repay overcharged customers
Jan 23 2006 // An agreement has been reached between Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and Quality Plus Restoration, a Houston, Texas-based water extraction company, settles allegations of fraudulent business practices, including...
Fla. home care firm sued
Jan 23 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
FAIA proposal to reform Certificates of Insurance
Jan 22 2006 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has four key goals to accomplish in 2006 according to Jeff Grady, FAIA president: first, to pass its property insurance market proposal; second, to pass FAIA’s proposal to...
Fla. Suncoast Chapter of CPCU to emphasize CE, speakers
Jan 22 2006 // Increasing participation in continuing education events and presenting interesting monthly events are the 2006 goals of the Florida Suncoast Chapter of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, according to Susan...
Fraud Alert
Jan 22 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
Looking at 2005 accomplishments
Jan 22 2006 // PIA of Fla.: Citizens will be ‘Biggest challenge of 2006’ The biggest challenge faced by Florida insurance agents and a topic which will also be discussed by the Legislature during its spring sessions will be...
Editor’s Note: Caught in the middle
Jan 22 2006 // State legislatures are meeting, or will soon meet in most southeastern states to consider insurance proposals, many of which attempt to regulate the industry and prepare for the 2006 hurricane season. Associations in...
Fla. Supreme Court Rules Against Nonresidents in Coverage Disputes
Jan 20 2006 // Only Florida residents can sue insurers in state courts when companies are unauthorized to do business in Florida, the state Supreme Court ruled recently. State law prohibits nonresidents from filing such suits, the high...
Former FEMA Director Witt Advocates Need for National CAT Fund
Jan 19 2006 // James Lee Witt, former FEMA director and co-chair of ProtectingAmerica.org, told the members of the Task Force on Long-Term Solutions for Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Market on Thursday that there is an urgent need...
