Latest Florida Headlines
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Agreement Reached: Nationwide to Audit Last Year’s Florida Hurricane Claims, Correct Underpayments
Oct 12 2005 // Nationwide Insurance has reached an agreement with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to audit its claims from the 2004 hurricane season and correct any underpayments. OIR announced that under the agreement...
Gallagher Applauds McCarty’s Decision Not to Approve Allstate ‘s Rate Request
Oct 11 2005 // A decision not to approve a rate request by Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and Allstate Floridian Indemnity Company was announced last week by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. McCarty’s decision...
Consumer Advocate Criticizes NCCI Recommendation; Suggests 22 Percent Workers’ Compensation Decrease
Oct 11 2005 // Even though the National Council on Compensation Insurance has doubled to 7.2 percent its suggested rate reduction in Florida, Allan Schwartz, an actuary hired by Steve Burgess, an Insurance Consumer advocate says the...
Digital Photography Service Expands To Florida, Colorado
Oct 7 2005 // RESEDA, CA – FastSnap announced today that its digital photography service is now available in Florida and Colorado. Agents in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Nevada rely on the service when they can’t make a...
PIA of Fla. Recognized for 50 Months of Positive Membership Growth
Oct 7 2005 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida (PIA) has received special recognition for achieving an unprecedented 50 consecutive months of positive gains in membership. PIA of Florida received the Special Recognition of...
Fla. Residents Keep an Eye on Tropical Storm Tammy
Oct 5 2005 // With more than a month left in the hurricane season, folks in Florida shouldn’t be surprised that someone is once again knocking on their door. Tropical Storm Tammy gained formation Wednesday off Florida’s east...
Fla. CFO Calls for Added $500M in Savings for State’s Small Businesses
Oct 5 2005 // Tom Gallagher, Florida’s chief financial officer, this week called for greater savings for Florida’s small businesses based on an independent review of proposed workers’ compensation rates for the...
Professional Risk Solutions Expands into Southeast
Oct 4 2005 // New Jersey-based Professional Risk Solutions (PRS), a wholesale brokerage insurance firm specializing in executive and professional liability insurance products, has opened a full-service office in Fort Myers, Fla. The...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from hurricanes...
Citizens COO Quits; Investigations Ongoing After Kickback Accusations
Oct 3 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Chief Operating Officer R. Paul Hulsebusch is facing accusations by Universal Risk Insur-ance Services in Houston, Texas, that after last year’s hurricanes he sought kickbacks from...
Editor’s Note: Speak Out Against Insurance Fraud
Oct 3 2005 // Insurance fraud is a lucrative occupation, just ask any insurance commissioner or state attorney general and they will agree insurance fraud is rampant. The fraud stories on page 35 are only a few crossing my desk in...
New Report Warns of Rising Threat to US Insurers from Climate Change
Oct 3 2005 // Higher premiums, coverage restrictions already hitting many parts of country. Hurricane Katrina is a poignant reminder that U.S. insurers, government and consumers are at enormous risk from escalating losses from...
Creation of a Federal Cat Fund Hits Mainstream
Oct 3 2005 // The devastation left by Hurricane Katrina stirred up familiar talk in the insurance industry and beyond about the need for a federal catastrophe risk program. And less than a month after Katrina, insurance regulators from...
Fla. Personal Lines Advisory Committee Slates First Meeting
Sep 30 2005 // The first meeting of a new 10-member Standard Personal Lines Advisory Committee, assigned to develop a standard homeowners insurance policy for Floridians that is easy to understand and offers comprehensive coverage, will...
PIA Legislative Update: Agents Have Until March to Make Recommendations to Florida’s Hurricane Task Force
Sep 30 2005 // Legislative changes effecting property insurance that took place this year in the Florida Legislature were discussed by Keri Rayborn, Rayborn Consultants, and Ron Villella, PIA’s government affairs director, during a...
DFS Spokesperson Outlines New Licensing Changes, Requirements to PIA of Florida
Sep 29 2005 // Changes in Florida’s legislation during the spring session and new administrative changes requiring agency licensure or registration were detailed by Hazel Muhammad, bureau chief of Agent and Agency Licensing with...
Williams Heads New Officer’s Slate for PIA of Florida
Sep 28 2005 // The new slate of officers of the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida will take over Oct. 1, with Lori Williams, president; Bob Fowinkle, president-elect; Phil Zelman, vice president; and Doug Whitaker,...
FAIA Extends MATS Seminar Online Registration Date
Sep 27 2005 // The deadline to register online has been extended to Sept. 30 for the Florida Independent Insurance Agents Management and Automation Training Seminar and Exhibit. The seminar and exhibit will be held by FAIA Oct. 16 to 18...
Fla. Supreme Court Rules Liability Insurance Does Not Cover Gun Manufacturers’ Damages
Sep 26 2005 // The Florida Supreme Court has ruled in Tallahassee against Miami-based gun manufacturers Taurus International Holdings and Taurus International Manufacturing Inc. In a unanimous ruling the court said gun-makers’...
Floridians Warned: Hire Reputable Contractors for Hurricane Cleanup
Sep 26 2005 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist has advised Floridians affected by Hurricane Rita to use extra caution when hiring workers to help clean up the damage caused by the storm. In particular, Crist warned those who are...
