In a press release issued last Friday, September 23, 2016, the Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (“CIAB” or “Council”) applauded H.R. 6159, which was introduced the same day by U.S....
Federal Insurance Office Director Michael McRaith and Tennessee Insurance Commissioner and National Association of Insurance Commissioners Vice President Julie Mix McPeak will be on the witness panel for the U.S. House...
Private insurers’ takeout offers could be more readily accepted after implementation of Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s (“Citizens”) “Depopulation Enhancements...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) is justified in not implementing Community-Based Flood Insurance (“CBFI”), the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”)...
Does the current regulatory environment pose barriers to growing the private flood insurance market? This was the question the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) set out to answer in its...
Just before the June 1 start of the 2016 Hurricane Season, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, convened a hearing entitled...
Effective October 1, 2016, certain insurers and insurance groups will be subject to the requirements of SB 1422 relating to Insurer Regulatory Reporting, which was signed into law by Florida Governor Rick Scott this...
Signed into law by Governor Rick Scott on April 6, 2016, SB 1274 will now allow insurers to offer a new type of personal lines residential sinkhole insurance coverage in Florida. Effective July 1, 2016, the legislation...
Relying on the state-based insurance regulatory system to oversee the delivery of property insurance coverage for flood insurance by private insurers would be the best way for Congress to move federal government...
Politico Florida’s Christine Sexton reported this afternoon, December 30, 2015, that a federal appeals court in Atlanta has upheld 2012 reforms to Florida’s Personal Injury Protection laws that limit the...