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Fla. CFO Applauds Lawmakers for Approving Legislation to Increase Availability of Homeowners Insurance
May 3 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher commended state lawmakers for approving legislation, Senate Bill 2488, that will increase the availability of homeowners insurance through changes to the Florida’s...
Fla. Couple Nailed for $1.5 Million in Construction Contract Fraud
May 3 2004 // Attorney General Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Transportation Secretary José Abreu announced the arrest of a Central Florida couple for defrauding the state out of more than $1.5 million in road construction and...
SFHHA President Responds to ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Initiative, Claims It Distracts from Mission
Apr 30 2004 // Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital & Healthcare Association (SFHHA), offered a response on Friday regarding Consejo de Latinos Unidos’ ‘Frivolous Lawsuit’ Initiative;...
AIR’s Severe Thunderstorm Model Key Component to New Peril-Based Fla. Homeowners Rates
Apr 29 2004 // For the first time, homeowners rates that include a severe thunderstorm component based on sophisticated catastrophe modeling have been included as part of a rating plan subject to approval by state regulators. Florida...
Citizens Chooses Cunningham Lindsey U.S. as Preferred Claims Adjuster
Apr 22 2004 // Cunningham Lindsey U.S. Inc. (CLUS), based in Dallas, was named as one of six companies approved to provide claims administration services for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens). CLUS said Citizens...
Florida Surplus Lines Convention Takes a Cruise
Apr 21 2004 // The Florida Surplus Lines Association announced it will hit the waves at its 44th Annual Convention, July 29 – Aug. 2, 2004. For the first time, the convention will take place on a four-night cruise out of Ft....
FLORIDA CFO PROMOTES LEGISLATION TO PREVENT ID THEFT:
Apr 19 2004 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently unveiled a proposal to require financial institutions, brokerages, insurance companies and agencies to use greater care when they dispose of consumer records...
AMA BACKS FLORIDA’S CALL FOR MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM:
Apr 19 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement recently regarding the medical liability climate in Florida. The following comments are attributed to Donald Palmisano, president, of AMA. “The American...
Fla. Taxwatch Backs Gallagher, Legislative Push to Increase Availability of Homeowners Insurance
Apr 16 2004 // Florida TaxWatch President & CEO Dominic Calabro said today that he supports Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher and state lawmakers in their efforts to increase the availability of homeowners insurance through...
Fla. Hires Prosecutor to Help Combat PIP Fraud
Apr 15 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor are teaming up to combat auto insurance fraud, which reportedly costs Florida families as much as $250 annually. CFO Tom Gallagher, who oversees...
HRH Purchases Florida’s Sid Banack Insurance
Apr 13 2004 // Headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla., Sid Banack Insurance Inc. announced the strategic sale of its Vero Beach and Melbourne offices to Glenn Allen, Va.-based Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Inc. in an attempt to further the...
Fla. CFO Warns About Single-Employer Trusts
Apr 12 2004 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher is alerting employers to use caution when considering setting up a health benefit plan through a Single Employer Trust (SET) document that requires sending financial...
Fla. Association of Insurance Agents Chooses ACE USA as Exclusive Provider of International P/C Insurance
Apr 7 2004 // ACE US International, a division of ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that it has been selected as the exclusive provider of global programs and specialty insurance coverage...
Fla. Father, Son Keep It All in the Family When It Comes to Fraud
Apr 7 2004 // A father and son have pleaded guilty to diverting thousands of dollars in premiums from a South Florida insurance agency. John Pascale, former owner of AAA Turnpike Insurance Agency, pleaded guilty to one count each of...
Up for Sale: Success in Today’s Homeowners Market
Apr 5 2004 // States show signs of stability, but problem areas remain Despite continuing availability issues and sky-high loss ratios, the U.S. homeowners market is stabilizing as a whole. Of course, most industry observers who make...
Florida OIR Charges Ahead with Credit Score Workshop
Apr 5 2004 // Give the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) credit, it has been a good listener when it comes to questions and concerns on the role of credit scoring. During a rule development workshop last month in Tallahassee,...
Fla. CFO Joins Legislative Leaders to Push for Consumers’ Bill of Rights
Apr 1 2004 // A South Florida family reportedly lost their homeowners insurance after their mortgage company failed to pay premiums from escrow. Another Floridian from Tampa was denied insurance coverage on a home he was purchasing...
New Carrier for Fla. Homeowners Market
Mar 26 2004 // Coral Insurance Company, an admitted Florida insurance carrier and fully-owned subsidiary of Coral Enterprises LLC, has now begun underwriting homeowners insurance, initially with a dozen Dade, Broward and Palm County...
AMA Backs Florida’s Call for Medical Liability Reform
Mar 25 2004 // The American Medical Association (AMA) issued a statement Thursday as it keeps its eyes on the medical liability climate in Florida. The following comments are attributed to Donald Palmisano, president, of AMA. “The...
Mass. Eyes Fla.-style Hurricane Fund to Ease Coastal Homeowners Crisis
Mar 22 2004 // Massachusetts officials, searching for ways to ease a homeowners insurance availability crisis on Cape Cod and other coastal areas, are researching how Florida dealt with its insurance difficulties 10 years ago when it set...
