Category: Archive – Seminars

February 4, 2008–Florida Today By Jim Ash Florida Capital Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE — Insurance executives got a polite but chilly reception Monday when they testified under oath to a bi-partisan Senate committee. The Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability is …

  The Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board (“Board”) recently held a meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The meeting was called to order by Chairman and Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty with Board members Michael Jackson, Jim Bracher, Randy Kammer, Tony Marco, …

Legislators set to ask insurers why savings weren’t passed on to homeowners Hearings will address why savings weren’t passed on to homeowners By Julie Patel South Florida Sun-Sentinel February 3, 2008 Have insurers inflated homeowner policy prices in Florida to …

Lawsuits accusing the Department of Children & Families of mishandling reports that a foster parent was molesting young girls will end up costing the state almost $2.26 million.

February 4-8House Interim Committee Meetings

Agenda items include Committee questions to Kevin McCarty, Florida Insurance Commissioner, a presentation on reinsurance and sworn testimony and response to Committee questions from property insurance executives and representatives of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) and the Florida …

BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA A Florida district court of appeal will allow Allstate to continue writing new policies in Florida, but it sped up the appeal of its insurance license suspension. The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee issued …

Rick Case’s 16th Annual Presidents’ Fest in The Park is back in town on February 14th – 18th at Markham Park.

Posted on Thu, Jan. 31, 2008–Miami Herald Crist: Tap healthcare funds to plug budget holes BY GARY FINEOUT Confronted with a souring Florida economy and a gaping $2 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday proposed tapping more than …

January 31, 2008–Daytona Beach News-Journal More tax reform talk delivered with amendment’s passage By JIM SAUNDERS and JAMES MILLER Staff Writers TALLAHASSEE — Before all the votes were even counted Tuesday night, business groups and House Republican leaders started firing …