Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fla. OIR Approves Lower Workers’ Comp Rates
Aug 20 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced it has approved the revised workers’ compensation rates filed by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. The filing was in response to an order by OIR...
Florida CHOICE Winners Named at Workers’ Comp Conf.
Aug 20 2003 // CHOICE Medical Management Services announced the recipients for 2003 of the Florida CHOICE Awards recognizing outstanding workers’ compensation physicians. The awards were presented Aug. 18 at the 58th Annual Florida...
Brooke Franchise Corporation
Aug 20 2003 // Brooke Franchise Corporation has recently acquired the assets of: Abide Insurance Agency, Inc. – Oklahoma Culver Insurance Agency, Inc. – Oklahoma American National Insurance Services, Inc. d/b/a Houston...
New Med-Mal Provider Applies in Florida
Aug 19 2003 // Florida Healthcare Providers Insurance Exchange, (The Exchange) announced it filed an application with the state to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians in Florida. The Exchange expects to begin issuing...
Fla. Lawmakers Find Common Ground in Med-Mal Debate
Aug 11 2003 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Senate President Jim King, and House Speaker Johnnie Byrd announced that state legislators have reached an agreement on key elements of medical malpractice reform. The governor said the agreement...
NYSID Emphasizes “Fraud Awareness Week” with Three Arrests
Aug 11 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance, Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of three western New Yorkers during National Fraud Awareness Week, August 3-9, stating that they had “come at an important time of...
Brooke Franchise Corporation
Aug 8 2003 // Brooke Franchise Corporation has recently acquired the assets of: Abide Insurance Agency, Inc. – Oklahoma Culver Insurance Agency, Inc. – Oklahoma American National Insurance Services, Inc. d/b/a Houston...
Fla. Doctors Detail Worsening Medical Liability Crisis
Aug 7 2003 // According to the Coalition to Heal Healthcare in Florida, more than 1,600 doctors from across Florida gave sworn statements to a state Senate panel this week detailing how the worsening medical liability crisis is forcing...
Med-Mal Special Session Canceled in Florida
Aug 5 2003 // A special legislative session on medical malpractice reform that was supposed to begin Aug. 5 in Florida has been canceled by Gov. Jeb Bush due to lack of agreement among lawmakers on key issues. In canceling the special...
Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states
Aug 5 2003 // Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states Stuart, Florida — American Hobbyist Insurance has become a national player in the collector vehicle insurance niche,...
Florida-based agency specializing in Collector Vehicle insurance now offers program in 44 states
Aug 5 2003 // American Hobbyist Insurance has become a national player in the collector vehicle insurance niche, with program availability in 44 states and additional state filings pending. The agency offers low “collector”...
FLA. GOV. SIGNS WORKERS’ COMP BILL
Aug 4 2003 // The signing into law of important workers’ compensation reform legislation by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will go a long way toward limiting the cost of insuring workers in the state against injury and will boost the...
Florida Auto Dealer Charged with Fraud
Jul 31 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that Michael Bander, of Pensacola, former owner of Everyone Rides Car, Truck and SUV Center, is facing charges of organized fraud, theft, retail installment sales...
Summit Launches New Fla. WC Carrier
Jul 28 2003 // Lakeland, Fla.-based Summit announced the launch of BusinessFirst Insurance Co. BusinessFirst is a Florida-domiciled stock insurance company which will specialize in workers’ compensation insurance for retail,...
Gov. Bush Reconvening Legislature on Med-Mal Aug. 5
Jul 23 2003 // Special Session C ended Monday with no solution to Florida’s health care/medical malpractice insurance crisis and Gov. Jeb Bush planning to convene legislators for Special Session D August 5. House Speaker Johnnie...
Fla. RRG Hopes to Address LTC Liability Crisis
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Florida RRG Hopes to Address LTC Liability Crisis
Jul 21 2003 // With national and state efforts at altering medical liability rules once again failing to hurdle the predictable political roadblocks and the commercial insurance marketplace struggling to provide the coverages so many...
Fla. Dept. Releases Stats on Types, Classes of State Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
Jul 18 2003 // Following a March 2003 announcement on the number of workplace injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2001, the Florida Department of Financial Services released additional statistics this week which further describe...
First Actual American Ordered to Stop Selling Med-Mal in Fla.
Jul 18 2003 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered First Actual American Insurance Co. to cease marketing medical malpractice liability insurance in the state, which the department said it is not authorized to do,...
Fla Gov. Signs WC Bill Into Law
Jul 17 2003 // The signing into law of important workers’ compensation reform legislation by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will go a long way toward limiting the cost of insuring workers in the state against injury and will boost the...
