Category: Archive – News
Feb 18, 2009
THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA–February 18, 2009 By News Service Staff THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE………..A Senate health care panel on Wednesday deferred a vote on legislation that would abolish a hospital-dominated panel that helps decide how $1 billion in Medicaid dollars …
Feb 17, 2009
Florida Trend-February 1, 2009 By Amy Keller Florida’s budget crisis and the economy will take center stage again when the Legislature convenes next month for its regular session. With an anticipated budget gap for 2009-10 of anywhere from $3.8 billion …
Feb 17, 2009
Capitol to Courthouse Newsletter–February 17, 2009 The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 18, 2009 to take public testimony regarding the use of credit scoring, credit history and credit models by insurers in …
Feb 17, 2009
WCTV, Tallahassee–February 16, 2009 The Chief Financial Officer’s hotline received 170 calls from State Farm customers Friday afternoon. More State Farm customers were on the line Monday morning. “They”re concerned; they”re worried about going to another insurance company,” says Tammi …
Feb 17, 2009
Reuters–February 16, 2009 DAYTONA BEACH, FL and TAMPA, FL, Feb 16 (MARKET WIRE) Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) today announced its net income and net income per share for the fourth quarter of 2008. Additionally, it announced that its …
Feb 17, 2009
National Underwriter–February 17, 2009 Summit, N.J.-based risk modeling firm Baseline Management Company Inc. announced today it has a new set of catastrophe models for hurricanes and earthquakes accessed as a service through the company’s hosted Web-based platform. Baseline said the …
Feb 17, 2009
The Tampa Tribune–February 17, 2009 By CATHERINE DOLINSKI ST&D! Translation: Stop Texting and Drive! That’s the message state Sen. Carey Baker wants to send Florida motorists who exchange short text messages on their cell phones and other handheld devices while …
Feb 17, 2009
By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 16, 2009……. Two Tallahassee lawmakers have filed measures that would put a crack in the law banning lobbyists’ gifts to legislators, partly in an effort to jump start …
Feb 16, 2009
Jacksonville Business Journal–February 13, 2009 by Rachel Witkowski Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE – State Farm Florida Insurance Co.’s announced exit from the property insurance market is a boon for other insurance companies and independent agencies that are picking up the insurer’s …
Feb 16, 2009
Tampa Tribune–February 15, 2009 Thousands of State Farm policyholders around Florida are angry with the insurance giant and can’t wait to see the company leave. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty apparently feels the same way. He said the other day the …