Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
People & Places
May 23 2005 // James Huber James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta,...
‘Miss Piggy,’ Hurricane Center Forecasters Visit South Carolina, Florida
May 23 2005 // Charleston, S.C., and Jacksonville, Fla., were two of five cities the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Hurricane Center forecasters and NOAA Aircraft Operations Center crew visited during a May 2-6...
Fla. Initiates Fradulent Claim Fast-Tracking
May 23 2005 // Florida drivers who participate in a staged crash, regardless of whether they file a fraudulent insurance claim, now will not only face a minimum of two years in prison but will also lose their driving privileges if...
USAA Asks for 10.3 Percent Increase; Other Requests Expected
May 23 2005 // Florida’s fifth-largest insurer USAA, filed a request in mid-May to raise premiums by a statewide average of 10.3 percent. David Foy, chief of staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation said he expects more...
Fla. Matrix Database Would Tap Into Insurance Records
May 23 2005 // Florida insurance companies could be required to provide customer information if Florida law officials implement a comprehensive Multi-state Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange, or Matrix database, now being...
Fla. OKs Funds to Fight PIP Fraud
May 23 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher thanked legislators for approving his request for funding to add more law enforcement investigators to fight PIP fraud and workers’ compensation fraud, and a...
FEMA Director Promises to Keep Recovery Funds Flowing
May 23 2005 // The hurricanes of 2004 taxed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to its limits, Michael Brown, FEMA director and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security, told more than 1,500 state emergency managers...
Fla. Matrix Database Would Tap Into Insurance Records
May 23 2005 // Florida insurance companies could be required to provide customer information if Florida law officials implement a comprehensive Multi-state Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange, or Matrix database, now being...
Fla. Insurance Commission Subpoenas 17 Reinsurers
May 23 2005 // Investigative subpoenas have been issued by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty probing the dealings of 17 reinsurers selling finite risk policies. The companies on the receiving end of the subpoenas, including...
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...
USAA Asks for 10.3 Percent Increase; Other Requests Expected
May 23 2005 // Florida’s fifth-largest insurer USAA, filed a request in mid-May to raise premiums by a statewide average of 10.3 percent. David Foy, chief of staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation said he expects more...
People
May 23 2005 // James Robinson Huber has been appointed senior vice president and regional executive, Southeast Region for ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies. Based in Atlanta, Huber will be...
Fla. Seeks ‘Answers’: AIG Entities Ordered to Provide Detailed Information
May 19 2005 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has joined the ever-increasing tide of regulatory bodies seeking answers from American International Group Inc. AIG operates 43 licensed insurance entities in the State of...
Allstate Floridian Scaling Back on Risk; Applies to Drop 95,000 Homeowners
May 19 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...
Citizens Property Considering Direct Reporting of Claims
May 18 2005 // New policies soon to be implemented by Citizens Property Insurance Corp., were presented last week to representatives from major insurance companies in Florida and Florida Association of Insurance Agents representatives...
