Latest Florida Headlines
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Insurance- ‘Green’ Coalition Opposes Expanding Government Catastrophe Bailouts
Apr 30 2008 // An unusual alliance of insurance and environmental groups is urging lawmakers to focus on policies that encourage property mitigation and environmental protection in catastrophe-prone areas, rather than expanding the...
Florida-based Old Dominion Insurance Earns Top Spot in Agent Survey
Apr 29 2008 // In a Florida Association of Insurance Agents commissioned survey, independent insurance agents ranked Old Dominion Insurance Co. as the top property-casualty carrier in the state. Jacksonville-based Old Dominion scored...
Florida Regulator Holds Public Hearing on New Reinsurance Rules
Apr 29 2008 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held a public hearing to ask for input on a draft rule that would implement 2007 legislation giving the insurance commissioner discretion to allow unaccredited reinsurance...
Florida CFO to Politicians: Look at State’s Liability in Commuter Rail Deal
Apr 28 2008 // Florida taxpayers would be on the hook for losses due to train accidents in a proposed deal the state transportation department negotiated with CSX Railroad, according to the state’s chief financial officer. CFO Alex...
Building Explodes in Florida, Impacts Nearby Businesses, Damages Home
Apr 28 2008 // Authorities say one person died in an explosion that destroyed an auto repair shop near Florida’s Tampa Bay area. By the time deputies and firefighters arrived, the engine repair shop had been nearly leveled by an...
Court Upholds Florida Lobby Law
Apr 25 2008 // A Florida law that bans lobbyist gifts to state legislators and requires that lobbyists disclose who pays them and how much, is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad, a federal appeals court said. A three-judge panel...
Update: Florida Court Says Allstate Ruling was Premature
Apr 24 2008 // A Florida court said Tuesday it rescinded a decision in the state’s case against Allstate Floridian Insurance Company because the order was released prematurely in violation of its own operating procedures. The order...
Court Mistake Keeps Allstate in Business in Florida
Apr 23 2008 // Allstate’s 1,100 insurance agents in Florida are still in business, thanks to a mistake Monday by a Florida appeals court. Less than an hour after issuing an order denying Allstate’s appeal of a state-ordered...
Thousands of Florida Smokers to Split $600 Million Tobacco Fund
Apr 23 2008 // Tens of thousands of ill Florida smokers and families of those who died are lining up for a share of a $600 million fund created by major tobacco companies as part of a 14-year-old lawsuit against cigarette...
Florida Attorney General Agrees to $1.6M Settlement with Construction Firm
Apr 22 2008 // Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced that his office has reached a $1.6 million agreement with a Collier County construction company and its president, resolving complaints that more than 100 construction jobs...
Declarations
Apr 21 2008 // Poe Suit “Florida’s insurance consumers were forced to foot the bill when the Poe Companies became insolvent so that policyholders could have their claims paid. We will aggressively pursue any opportunity to...
Florida Sues Insolvent Poe Directors Over Recovery
Apr 21 2008 // The Florida Department of Financial Services filed a civil lawsuit against the officers, directors and affiliates of three former Florida insurance companies, according to Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. Lawyers for...
Florida Agent Bucks Trends With Growth, Recruitment Strategies
Apr 21 2008 // Riemer’s on a collecting spree that includes new employees, green offices, Rolex watches and cookie jars When Fireman’s Fund introduced its Green-Gard program covering environmentally sound commercial building...
It Figures
Apr 21 2008 // $420 Million The amount a South Carolina textile company sued Norfolk Southern railroad for after a train wreck and toxic chemical spill in 2005 forced the company to close. Avondale Mills and Norfolk Southern reached a...
Court Throws Out Nevada’s Insurance Agent Countersignature Law
Apr 21 2008 // The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated Nevada’s insurance producer countersignature law, in what could be the final nail in the coffin for these requirements on nonresident producers. U.S. District...
Sen. Martinez Denies He’s Obstacle to Catastrophe Fund Bill
Apr 18 2008 // Republican Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida is in a position to help move along a bill that could lower property insurance rates in disaster-prone states, but hasn’t been aggressive enough in doing so, said the two...
Florida Provides Free Training for Volunteer Firefighters
Apr 17 2008 // Over 150 volunteer firefighters from across the state gathered this week at Florida State Fire College in Ocala for an intensive five-day training session, according to State Fire Marshal, Alex Sink. The training will...
Florida Senate Property Insurance Bill Pleases Regulators, Angers Insurers
Apr 16 2008 // As insurers and other interested parties criticized a Florida property insurance bill that passed through the state Senate this week on a 32-7 vote, Florida’s insurance commissioner lauded the action. Sponsored by...
Florida City Settles with Tourist’s Widow
Apr 15 2008 // Fort Lauderdale, Fla. city commissioners agreed to pay $97,000 to a Canadian tourist whose husband died after tripping on an uncovered water meter in the sidewalk. Gilles Massey and his wife were walking back to their...
Court Throws Out Nevada’s Insurance Agent Countersignature Law
Apr 11 2008 // The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has invalidated Nevada’s insurance producer countersignature law in what could be the final nail in the coffin for these requirements on nonresident producers. U.S. District...
