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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...
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Issues AIG Companies Consent Order
Jan 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a consent order requiring 10 American International Group companies to transmit financial data required by statute, to pay administrative fines and costs of more than...
Sen. Klein Pushing for Fla. Insurance Commissioner to be Elected
Jan 18 2006 // A push is underway by Florida Senator Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, to require the state insurance commissioner to be elected by the people, instead of being appointed for the position. Florida’s last election for an...
National Hurricane Center Releases Final Report on Hurricane Wilma
Jan 18 2006 // Hurricane Wilma hit densely populated South Florida at Category 2 strength, and it was stronger than originally estimated when it struck Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said in its final report on the storm. Most...
PIA of Florida Announces Its 2006 Continuing Education Class Lineup
Jan 13 2006 // A wide variety of continuing education courses to be taught in various Florida locations during 2006 have been announced by the Tallahassee-based Professional Insurance Agents of Florida. The curriculum includes classes...
Florida’s Disaster Recovery Centers Closing Soon
Jan 11 2006 // After nearly three months of serving Florida residents impacted by Hurricane Wilma, all remaining Disaster Recovery Centers will be ceasing operations within the next two weeks, according to the Department of Homeland...
Fla. Attorney General Sues Home Care Firm for Fraud
Jan 10 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...
Shift in S. Fla. ‘Line of Demarcation’ Could Reduce Homeowners Rates
Jan 9 2006 // South Florida homeowners with properties located in a strip of land east of I-95 could have their policies reduced if a proposal is implemented to shift the line of demarcation as far east as U.S. Highway 1, or even A1A,...
$565M Hurricane Prep Plan Budgets for Fla. Housing, Rental Recovery
Jan 6 2006 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has unveiled plans to prepare Florida for hurricanes by initiating housing programs to rebuild from past storms and survive future ones. The governor proposed an $808 million legislative agenda which...
Fla.’s Generator, Chainsaw Reimbursement Program Could Be Axed
Jan 6 2006 // Florida officials are scrutinizing a state program which reimburses residents for last-minute purchases of generators, chain saws and other hurricane-related purchases and considering eliminating it, because according to...
