Leon County (Florida) Circuit Court Judge Thomas Bateman has ordered Southern Family Insurance Company, one of three financially-troubled property insurers of the Tampa-based Poe Financial Group, into rehabilitation. The two other Poe companies appear to be on the brink of …
Florida’s Consumer Services representatives held a meeting April 21 with officials of the Tampa, Fla.-based Poe Insurance Group to discuss how to reduce the number of consumer complaints about the firm and its subsidiaries, Atlantic Preferred Insurance Company, Southern Family …
What has happened with auto insurance rates in South Carolina should be the ‘gold standard’ for what can be accomplished with other types of insurance,” Elanor Kitzman, South Carolina Director of Insurance told the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of …
An appeal for independent insurance agencies to help law enforcement agencies document and report insurance fraud was voiced by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March 22-23 Spring Conference held in Columbia by the Independent Insurance Agents and …
Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society immediate past president, told members of the Suncoast Chapter of CPCU at …
With more than 55 million people living in coastal communities, the nation must learn from the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and prepare now for what could be a worse 2006 season than what happened in 2005, a leading hurricane …
The cleanup is underway in the aftermath of a large F-3 to F-4 tornado that tore a swath of death and destruction on Sunday evening through northern Tennessee and southern Kentucky, leaving 18 people dead and hundreds injured. The Salvation …
“If you can get away with making those kinds of allegations, and if nobody slaps you down, you are encouraged to do it again,” Bailey said. “I just wish someone would step up to the plate and say, look, I …
Poe Financial Group has notified Florida agents for thousands of policyholders that its South-ern Family Insurance Company will no longer renew or insure new homeowner or commercial lines business. The company said its other insurance companies, Atlantic Preferred Insurance Company …
Recent developments in the Mississippi wind vs. flood case and statements by attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs about having information from one or more whistleblowers are serious allegations and Scruggs should be challenged to “put up or shut up,” Bill Bailey, …
