Florida’s Citizens Seeks Lawmakers’ Help to Raise Rates, Shrink Size November 16, 2011 By Gary Fineout Florida’s largest property insurer wants sweeping changes — including the ability to charge higher rates — in the coming year....
2 Oil Spill Claims Offices in Panhandle Close November 16, 2011 Two oil spill compensation offices in the Florida Panhandle are closing. The Pensacola and Panama City Beach offices of the...
Tennessee Alters Surplus Lines Licensing November 15, 2011 By Michael Adams The expiration date for surplus lines licenses in Tennessee will soon have to coincide with the expiration of an agent’s...
Johnson Brothers Head Towers Watson Reinsurance Office in North Carolina November 15, 2011 In a move that expands its reinsurance brokerage business in the Southeast, global professional services company Towers Watson has established...
Florida’s HomeWise Continues in Run-Off; Sells Louisiana Policies November 14, 2011 By Michael Adams Florida-based HomeWise Insurance Co. is now is full run-off mode as it attempts to pay all outstanding claims and other...
Kentucky County Settles Employees’ Political Retaliation Claim November 14, 2011 Kentucky’s Pulaski County Attorney and six former employees have settled a lawsuit alleging they were fired for supporting someone else...
What Options Do HomeWise Customers Have in Homeowners Choice Deal? November 14, 2011 By Michael Adams Florida policyholders of HomeWise Insurance should not see dramatic changes in their renewal premium if their policies are taken over...
Florida Looks to Tampa as Leader in Fight Against PIP Fraud November 10, 2011 By Michael Adams The move by one Florida county to crack down on auto insurance fraud by targeting staged accidents and regulating clinics...
Chaney Re-elected Mississippi Insurance Commissioner November 10, 2011 Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney won re-election in Tuesday’s voting in Mississippi. Chaney, a Republican from Vicksburg, defeated Democrat Louis Fondren...
Georgia Allowed to Phase-In Healthcare Law’s Medical Loss Ratio November 9, 2011 By Mike Stobbe Health insurers in Georgia have been granted a waiver to a new federal requirement that they spend certain minimums on...