Latest Florida Headlines
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Group Says Cap on Non-Economic Damages Needed to Combat Fla. Healthcare Crisis
May 27 2003 // Floridians for Quality Affordable Healthcare released a report concluding that $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases would have saved 25 percent of nearly $1.2 billion in malpractice settlements...
Fla. Senate Moves Forward on PIP, Ins. Scoring and Workers’ Comp
May 23 2003 // Personal Injury Protection (PIP) legislation may not be dead after all in Florida, as the Florida Senate approved a PIP package supported by an unlikely alliance including Florida Insurance Council, personal injury lawyers...
Fla. Renews Verification Warnings After Agent’s 3rd Arrest
May 13 2003 // As fraud investigators with the Florida Department of Financial Services continue to identify victims of a Miami auto insurance agent who collected premiums without securing coverage, Florida’s Chief Financial...
Fla. Senate Fails to Pass House Bill on Workers’ Comp Reform
May 7 2003 // The Alliance of American Insurers reported its disappointment in the Florida Legislature’s failure to pass legislation workers’ compensation reform legislation by the end of its regular session May 2. The...
Vanguarde Asset Group Identified as Unlicensed Fla. Insurer
May 2 2003 // Vanguarde Asset Group Inc., a New York company, has been identified as one of the companies recently shut down by the Florida Department of Financial Services as being unauthorized to sell insurance in that state. In a...
Florida Agent Gives Up Licenses
May 2 2003 // A Palm Harbor, Fla. man has surrendered his insurance licenses after allegedly falsely obtaining and misappropriating insurance premiums from St. Petersburg Junior College for more than seven years. According to the...
Complaints Filed Against 15 Florida Agents
May 1 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services filed administrative complaints this week against 15 Florida agents accusing them of selling insurance policies for unlicensed entities. The department announced it is...
Florida’s Poe Financial Records Milestone
Apr 30 2003 // Calling it a milestone, Poe Financial Group of Tampa, Fla., reported as of April 28, 2003, the total combined written premium of its member companies have surpassed $200 million in annualized premium. Those companies...
PIP Reform, Workers’ Comp Still on the Table in Fla. Session
Apr 30 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) reports that as the 2003 Florida legislative session winds down, insurers are keeping a close eye on key bills concerning PIP reform, flex rating, workers’...
PIP Reform, Workers’ Comp on Table as Fla. Session Nears End
Apr 29 2003 // As the 2003 Florida legislative session winds down, insurers are reportedly keeping a close eye on key bills concerning PIP reform, flex rating, workers’ compensation, and credit scoring. Budget concerns reportedly...
Florida Association Urges Senate to PIP Reform Bill
Apr 28 2003 // The Florida Property and Casualty Association announced that Florida’s top auto insurance companies are strongly urging the Florida Senate to pass the Motor Vehicle Insurance Affordability Act. Senate Bill 1202 has...
Man, Wife Lose Licenses in Fla. for Selling Worthless Coverage
Apr 21 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services revoked the insurance licenses of a husband-and-wife insurance agent team, following charges that they sold worthless insurance. Investigators with the Bureau of Agent and...
Florida Officials Ban Agent From Ins. Industry
Apr 17 2003 // A Lehigh Acres, Fla. insurance agent can no longer legally transact insurance in Florida after pleading guilty to charges of misappropriating insurance premiums. The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that...
Flex Rating Bill Passes Florida House Subcommittee
Apr 15 2003 // The Florida House Subcommittee on Insurance Regulation approved a bill that would establish a flex rating system for homeowners, commercial property and auto insurance policies, according to the National Association of...
Florida Flex Rating Bill Passes House Subcommittee
Apr 14 2003 // The Florida House Subcommittee on Insurance Regulation has approved a bill that would establish a flex rating system for homeowners, commercial property, and auto insurance policies. “This measure is a good first...
Progressive Seeks Damages Against Fla. Chiropractic Clinic for Fraud
Apr 14 2003 // Four Progressive Corp. subsidiaries have filed a civil suit against First Chiropractic Clinic of Orlando, First Chiropractic Clinic of Pine Hills and its principal, Mirlourdes Beliard-Hopkins, and chiropractors Jodie Ellis...
Florida Flex Rating Bill Passes House Subcommittee
Apr 11 2003 // The Florida House Subcommittee on Insurance Regulation has approved a bill that would establish a flex rating system for homeowners, commercial property, and auto insurance policies. “This measure is a good first...
Staff of Florida Medical Clinic Charged With PIP Fraud
Apr 10 2003 // The Florida Department of Financial Services announced that a former Miami clinic owner and two of his medical staff were charged with fraudulently billing four insurance companies for treatments never...
Fla. Governor, Lt. Governor Announce Workers’ Comp Reform
Apr 9 2003 // Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Lt. Governor Toni Jennings announced comprehensive workers’ compensation reforms at a rally of Florida homebuilders at the state’s Capitol. At the rally, Bush commented that part...
BB&T Completes SEFCO Acquisition
Apr 2 2003 // BB&T Corporation reported that it has completed the company’s acquisition of insurance premium finance company Southeast Fidelity Corporation (SEFCO) of Tallahassee, Fla. BB&T has combined the 5-year-old...
