Latest Florida Headlines
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People
Jun 6 2005 // Kirk A. Sexton has been promoted to chief information officer of Unisource Administra-tors Inc., a workers’ compensation third-party administrator providing integrated claim management and loss prevention solutions....
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has joined the ever-increasing tide of regulatory bodies seeking answers from
Jun 6 2005 // Fla. Orders AIG: ‘Turn Over Detailed Financial Information’ AIG’s admitted misrepresentations on financial statements. A statement from the OIR said the financial community has been rocked with the...
Allstate Floridian Applies to Scale Back, Drop 95,000 Homeowners
Jun 6 2005 // Allstate Floridian, the state’s third-largest provider of homeowners insurance has applied to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation in Tallahassee to scale back its insurance risk in Florida by dropping 95,000...
News Briefs
Jun 6 2005 // FLORIDA Fla. CFO: “Prepare Now for Hurricanes” After an un-precedented hurricane season last year and experts predicting the formation of more than 13 named Atlantic storms this season, Florida’s Chief...
Specialty Agents Florida Conference A Resounding Success
Jun 6 2005 // More than 650 members attended the May 20-21 annual conference and trade fair held in Orlando, Fla. by the Specialty Agents of Florida. The event was described as a resounding success, featuring the best turnout to such an...
For Boat Owners and the Agents Who Write Them, Location and Experience Matter
Jun 6 2005 // There were more than 17.6 million recreational boats in use in the United States in 2004, and an estimated 69 million people involved in boating activities, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Since...
Florida’s Pre-Hurricane Shopping Traumatic; ‘Storm-stress Syndrome’ Cases Reported
Jun 2 2005 // Although areas of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Gulf of Mexico are calm, with no tropical storms on the radar, the reaction to the start of the 2005 hurricane season has been traumatic: Florida shoppers,...
Florida Choice Awards Judges Selected; Nominations Due June 24
Jun 2 2005 // Nine judges have been selected for the third annual Florida CHOICE Awards for Workers’ Compensation. The program, produced by CHOICE Medical Management Services LLC, recognizes outstanding physicians who treat...
FAIA Extends Pre-Registration Date to June 3 for its Orlando Convention
Jun 1 2005 // The Florida Association of Insurance Agents has extended its deadline until June 3 to receive reduced rates for pre-registration at its June 23 to 25 101st annual Convention and Educational Symposium at the Gaylord Palms...
Hurricane Season Begins: Southeast Associations Prepared
Jun 1 2005 // As homeowners jam Florida stores to take advantage of the state’s tax-free sales tax holiday and other stores announce “matching” programs to provide additional discounts, professional insurance...
FIC Unveils Hurricane Central Web Site
Jun 1 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council has unveiled its new Hurricane Central Web site (www.flains.org) as the go-to site for consumers for reliable information related to hurricanes. The new site is part of the industry’s...
Gallagher Applauds As Gov. Bush Signs Homeowner’s Insurance Law
Jun 1 2005 // Gov. Jeb Bush signed a bill today that will enact a new homeowner’s insurance law as Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher stood by to applaud the governor and state lawmakers for enacting the law, which provides...
Warnings Issued: Hurricane Season Begins June 1, Prepare Now; Suppliers Stocked Up for Fla. Tax-Free Holiday
May 31 2005 // Early-morning thunderstorms crashed across northwest Florida on Tuesday morning, almost as if to announce the arrival on Wednesday morning of the 2005 hurricane season. At the same time, Florida Governor Jeb Bush and other...
King’s Bay Reinsurance Licensed as Florida MGA
May 31 2005 // Intendant Holding Corporation of Vedra Beach, Fla. has received a license from the Florida Department of Financial Services for its insurance services subsidiary King’s Bay Insurance Services Inc., to operate as a...
Report Says Hurricane-force Winds Likely in Cape Hatteras, N.C., Miami Beach and Naples, Fla.
May 27 2005 // Hurricane-force winds are most likely to strike this year in Cape Hatteras, N.C. and Miami Beach and Naples, Fla., according to an analysis of coastal cities released today by a University of Central Florida professor and...
AIA Strongly Disagrees With Florida Circuit Court Ruling
May 27 2005 // The American Insurance Association strongly disagrees with yesterday’s Florida Circuit Court ruling confirming the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2004 decision in Mierzwa v. Florida Windstorm Underwriting...
Court Ruling Requires Citizens Wind Policies to Pay for Flooding
May 26 2005 // Circuit Court Judge Kevin Davey has ruled in a class-action lawsuit in Tallahassee, Fla. that Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s insurer of last resort, must pay the full amount of damage homes were insured...
PIA Panelists Discuss Preparing for Hurricane Season
May 26 2005 // Florida’s insurance industry survived last year’s record-breaking hurricane season and is prepared to help homeowners weather what may come this year. That was the message during a recent web broadcast carried...
Survey: Half of Florida’s Homeowners Ready for Hurricane Season
May 24 2005 // More than half of Florida homeowners participating in a recent statewide survey have taken action to protect their homes from hurricanes. An even larger number recognizes the importance of the state’s building codes...
Gov. Bush Pledges to Sign SB1486; Insurers Uneasy About Its Provisions
May 23 2005 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush pledged during the May 11 opening of the annual Governor’s Hurricane Conference at the Tampa Convention Center to sign and approve Senate Bill 1486, controversial legislation that consumer...
