Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CPCU speaker describes what to watch out for with Certificates of Insurance
Feb 19 2006 // Certificates of Insurance: The Second Most Dangerous Piece of Paper,” including specifics about various insurance contract terms and provisions, and what to do and not to do with certificates of insurance were...
Personal Lines Update
Feb 19 2006 // Florida’s Standard Personal Lines Committee has recommended to the Florida Legislature that a task force with extensive insurance knowledge regarding the legalities of insurance contracts and actuarial support review...
What does a ‘Valued Policy’ cover in Louisiana and Mississippi?
Feb 19 2006 // In general, “Valued Policy” statutes require an insurer to ascertain the value of the property being insured at the time a policy is written and to pay that value to the insured when there is a total loss. As...
Sunshine State Insurance Co. Makes Several Promotions
Feb 17 2006 // Three veteran underwriting executives — Michael Solano, Robert Thomas, and Michael Weis — have been promoted to assistant vice president at Sunshine State Insurance Company (SSIC). Sunshine State is a writer of...
Bipartisan Proposal calls for Elected Commissioner in Fla.
Feb 16 2006 // Florida’s insurance regulator should have to answer directly to voters, several lawmakers said in proposing a constitutional change to return the job to an elected Cabinet post from an appointed one. While being...
Allstate Consent Order for Fla. Policyholders Could Trigger Refunds
Feb 16 2006 // A Consent Order between Allstate Floridian Indemnity Insurance Company, Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation includes a provision that could trigger refunds for policyholders...
Windstorm Panelists: Carriers Hesitant to Write Fla. Policies
Feb 15 2006 // A panel of eight insurance experts agreed unanimously that carriers are closely scrutinizing Florida and are hesitant to renew homeowners policies during a panel moderated by Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane...
Fla. Insurance Scam Victims to Receive $2.9 Million in Restitution
Feb 14 2006 // Two businessmen have been ordered to pay more than $2.9 million in consumer restitution to Floridians as part of their criminal sentences for their roles in an insurance scam, according to Florida Attorney General Charlie...
NAMIC Outlines Florida’s Initial No-Fault, Property Reform Bills
Feb 14 2006 // Although the start of the Florida Legislature is still three weeks away, lawmakers have released preliminary bill drafts on two major issues they will face during the upcoming legislative session: reenacting the...
Six Floridians Cheated GCs, Arrested in $15M Workers’ Comp Scam
Feb 13 2006 // A multimillion-dollar workers’ compensation scam that raked in its perpetrators more than $15 million has been cracked by state and local officials who have arrested six men in Boca Raton, Fla. and charged them with...
PIA of Fla.: Lawmakers ‘Mulling Over’ Filings; Bill to Require ‘Loyalty Clause’
Feb 13 2006 // A “loyalty clause” prohibiting insurers from canceling a policy for homeowners who have been with a carrier for three or more years is part of a bill filed in the Florida Legislature by Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca...
Past, Present and Future Hurricane Issues Top Feb. 8-11 Windstorm Conference Agenda
Feb 8 2006 // Past, present and future hurricane issues, how to prepare for the 2006 hurricane season and what to expect will be discussed during the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference and Exhibit kicking off...
Florida Insurers Discuss Top Issues with Legislators
Feb 8 2006 // In preparation of next month’s Florida legislative session, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America hosted its first annual Legislative Conference, which brought insurance industry executives to...
Fla. CFO Wants to Expedite Payments for Living Expenses, Personal Contents
Feb 7 2006 // New legislation that would expedite the rebuilding process for hurricane victims will be suggested to the Florida Legislature by Tom Gallagher, the state’s CFO. The measure would ensure homeowners immediately receive...
Crist, Butterworth Join University Presidents to Unveil Anti-Fraud Website
Feb 6 2006 // A new online national clearinghouse and research center to help fight fraud and other economic crimes has been announced jointly by Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist, former Attorney General Bob Butterworth,...
The big one
Feb 6 2006 // Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and Mississippi got hammered, Alabama and Florida, too, along with the year before. The big one, of course, is a hurricane–a...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist (R), “Citizen’s Property Insurance Corp. needs an overhaul.” U.S. Rep. Jim Davis (D-Tampa), “Florida taxpayers are being ‘fleeced.'” Florida CFO...
Editor’s Note: Who will be Florida’s governor?
Feb 5 2006 // Two Democrat and two Republican candidates are in an all-out battle to gain support as the candidate for governor. Visibility, action and the public’s conception of how the candidate’s actions affected them...
News Currents
Feb 5 2006 // Bill Bailey, director of the Hurricane Insurance Information Center Windstorm Conference speaker doesn’t think Mississippi wind vs. flood suits will succeed After 2004, 2005 hurricane season, record attendance...
Editor’s Note:
Feb 5 2006 // The insurance industry is expected to pay out a record $56.8 billion for 2005 insured residential and business property losses. Is this the year Texas will be hit by the “big one?” Last year, Louisiana and...
