Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Issues AIG Companies Consent Order
Jan 19 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a consent order requiring 10 American International Group companies to transmit financial data required by statute, to pay administrative fines and costs of more than...
Sen. Klein Pushing for Fla. Insurance Commissioner to be Elected
Jan 18 2006 // A push is underway by Florida Senator Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, to require the state insurance commissioner to be elected by the people, instead of being appointed for the position. Florida’s last election for an...
National Hurricane Center Releases Final Report on Hurricane Wilma
Jan 18 2006 // Hurricane Wilma hit densely populated South Florida at Category 2 strength, and it was stronger than originally estimated when it struck Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said in its final report on the storm. Most...
PIA of Florida Announces Its 2006 Continuing Education Class Lineup
Jan 13 2006 // A wide variety of continuing education courses to be taught in various Florida locations during 2006 have been announced by the Tallahassee-based Professional Insurance Agents of Florida. The curriculum includes classes...
Florida’s Disaster Recovery Centers Closing Soon
Jan 11 2006 // After nearly three months of serving Florida residents impacted by Hurricane Wilma, all remaining Disaster Recovery Centers will be ceasing operations within the next two weeks, according to the Department of Homeland...
Fla. Attorney General Sues Home Care Firm for Fraud
Jan 10 2006 // A Florida corporation and its owner selling fraudulent contracts for home health care services to senior Floridians has been sued by Attorney General Charlie Crist. Clearwater-based Intrust Home Care and its president, Roy...
Shift in S. Fla. ‘Line of Demarcation’ Could Reduce Homeowners Rates
Jan 9 2006 // South Florida homeowners with properties located in a strip of land east of I-95 could have their policies reduced if a proposal is implemented to shift the line of demarcation as far east as U.S. Highway 1, or even A1A,...
$565M Hurricane Prep Plan Budgets for Fla. Housing, Rental Recovery
Jan 6 2006 // Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has unveiled plans to prepare Florida for hurricanes by initiating housing programs to rebuild from past storms and survive future ones. The governor proposed an $808 million legislative agenda which...
Fla.’s Generator, Chainsaw Reimbursement Program Could Be Axed
Jan 6 2006 // Florida officials are scrutinizing a state program which reimburses residents for last-minute purchases of generators, chain saws and other hurricane-related purchases and considering eliminating it, because according to...
Restoration Company to Cancel Fla. Liens, Repay Overcharged Customers
Jan 5 2006 // An agreement has been reached between Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist and Quality Plus Restoration, a Houston, Texas-based water extraction company, settling allegations of fraudulent business practices, including...
Florida’s PIP, No-Fault Sunset Concerns Council Members
Jan 3 2006 // There is no support among Florida Insurance Council members for the outright reenactment of the no-fault/PIP statute, Sam Miller, FIC executive vice president told Insurance Journal. Florida’s PIP/no-fault auto...
Sizing Up The Construction Market
Jan 2 2006 // The list of insurers is hsorter and restrictions longer When he is presented with a construction account at his office on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, Rubin Alspector can quickly determine which insurers might write it. He...
People & Places
Jan 2 2006 // Frank Sheppard Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of ACE USA Professional Risk’s, Southeast Region, a division of the ACE Group of Companies. Robinson will work with brokers and clients...
Florida ‘draws a line in the sand,’ tightens workers’ comp enforcement
Jan 2 2006 // In October, 2003, when the Florida Legislature approved an updated workers’ compensation program, legislators “drew a line in the sand,” and decided to go after employers not paying their fair share into...
Four claim types common at Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Jan 2 2006 // Premium fraud, working without workers’ compensation coverage, fraudulent certification and claimant fraud are common types of fraud encountered by the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fraud, Vincent Mazzara,...
Citizens Board of Governors approves new Florida rates
Jan 2 2006 // 45 percent coastal, 21 percent inland The Citizens Property Insur-ance Corp. board of governors has approved premium increases that average 45 percent on Florida’s coastal areas and 21 percent inland. Florida’s...
Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey to speak
Jan 2 2006 // Slated for Orlando windstorm conference Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, and Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center will speak during the...
Citizens Board of Governors Approves New Florida Rates
Jan 1 2006 // The Citizens Property Insur-ance Corp. board of governors has approved premium increases that average 45 percent on Florida’s coastal areas and 21 percent inland. Florida’s insurer of last resort asked for a 17...
Hurricane experts Max Mayfield, Bill Bailey to speak
Jan 1 2006 // Two leading hurricane experts, Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, and Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center will speak during the Feb. 8 to 11, Seventh Annual Windstorm...
