Latest Florida Headlines
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Gov. Bush signs Florida auto insurance fraud legislation
Jul 24 2006 // Florida legislation that promises to reins in auto insurance fraud was signed June 26 by Gov. Jeb Bush. Provisions of House Bill 561 and Senate Bill 1596 and the governor’s approval were applauded by Tom Gallagher,...
FAIA cat team volunteers honored for helping during Hurricane Katrina
Jul 24 2006 // Veronica Della Porta, chairman of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, recognized catastrophe team volunteers who traveled to hard-hit areas and assisted victims during 2005, when hurricanes hit the southeast...
Lost … but then found somewhere in Florida
Jul 24 2006 // In a May 2006 news release, AXA Art Insurance announced it was offering a $100,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of seven Milton Avery paintings that were reported missing...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // News Currents While states adopt seat belts laws, 29 still balk at motorcycle helmets In Illinois and Iowa, motorists can get tickets for not wearing seat belts. In Connecticut, they are prohibited from talking on cell...
Sen. Smith unveils ‘comprehensive plan’ to fix Florida’s insurance woes
Jul 24 2006 // Unless the state adopts a comprehensive and workable plan, accumulating financial stress could destroy the viability of the Florida insurance market and leave millions of Floridians without affordable and reliable...
10 Former FEMA director promotes mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Says feds, state governments should work together 10 W. Va. Insurance Commission cracks down 2,000 employers without workers’ comp targeted 11 FAIA CAT team volunteers honored Provided assistance to Miss. agents...
Hurricane consultant outlines mitigation steps
Jul 24 2006 // According to a consultant for the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Florida’s building codes, which were approved in 2001, are working. He also says that Hurricane Charlie was a “model” hurricane in the...
Fidelity National P/C acquires Southern Family flood policies
Jul 24 2006 // Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Co. has received approval from the Circuit Court of Florida to purchase all of the existing flood insurance policies of Southern Family Insurance Co. through the Florida...
FAIA cat team volunteers honored for helping during Hurricane Katrina
Jul 24 2006 // Veronica Della Porta, chairman of the Florida Association of Insurance Agents, recognized catastrophe team volunteers who traveled to hard-hit areas and assisted victims during 2005, when hurricanes hit the southeast...
Provisions of Florida’s anti-auto fraud legislation:
Jul 24 2006 // Corresponding with a 2003 law that established a two-year minimum sentence for anyone organizing or participating in an actual staged auto crash, the new legislation: • Provides for revocation of the driver’s...
Gov. Bush signs Florida auto insurance fraud legislation
Jul 24 2006 // Florida legislation that promises to reins in auto insurance fraud was signed June 26 by Gov. Jeb Bush. Provisions of House Bill 561 and Senate Bill 1596 and the governor’s approval were applauded by Tom Gallagher,...
News Currents
Jul 24 2006 // Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens — before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, all of a...
Lost … but then found somewhere in Florida
Jul 24 2006 // In a May 2006 news release, AXA Art Insurance announced it was offering a $100,000 reward for credible information leading to the location, recovery and return of seven Milton Avery paintings that were reported missing...
Brown-Waite Suggests Gov. Bush Call Special Session on Insurance
Jul 24 2006 // Republican U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite asked Gov. Jeb Bush on Friday to call a special session to take additional steps to deal with spiraling cost of homeowners insurance, saying that what Florida has done so far is good,...
California, Florida, Texas Lead Nation in Motorcycle Thefts
Jul 24 2006 // California (9,110 thefts) leads the nation in motorcycle theft rates in 2005, with Florida (6,324) following in second, and Texas (5,755)coming in third, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Other states...
The excess flood market steps up where NFIP drops off
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever before the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was...
Former FEMA director promotes state, federal disaster mediation
Jul 24 2006 // Federal and state governments need to work with insurance companies to sponsor disaster mediation programs before something happens, before people who have worked all their lives for everything they have, then all of a...
Citizens Agrees to Renew, Write New Builder’s Risk Coverage in Florida
Jul 21 2006 // A policy change that will allow Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to renew existing builder’s risk policies and write new policies was unanimously approved by the board of governors during a July 21 emergency...
Florida Job Site Sweep Results in Three Workers’ Comp Arrests
Jul 20 2006 // Job site inspections in St. Lucie County, Fla. have resulted in the arrests of three individuals and the issuance of 15 Cease and Desist orders for unauthorized workers and two citations of $2,500 for unlicensed...
