Category: Florida and Insurance News

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   FEMA covered up cancer risks to Katrina victims Documents obtained by Salon reveal FEMA officials ignored scientific advice about toxins in thousands of emergency trailers. Last summer, the …

To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   State panel to review insurers’ hurricane-risk models This year, the state is set to again consider the way insurance companies determine which areas of Florida are most at risk …

  To view a full story, click on the headline below:   Allstate Agents Group Supports Company In Fla. Dispute Allstate agents group has filed a brief with a Florida appeals court supporting the Northbrook, Ill., insurer’s efforts to prevent …

  To view a complete story, click on the headline below: State asks appeals court to reinstate Allstate suspension State attorneys tried Wednesday to reinstate a suspension that would keep Allstate’s 10 insurance companies from writing new policies in Florida. …

Click on a headline to view the complete story: Insurance officials defend rates As state senators on Tuesday began their inquiry on why expected insurance rate cuts mandated by a new law haven’t materialized, industry officials disputed the methodology used …

The Senate Select Committee on Property Insurance Accountability is holding a meeting this afternoon from 3:30-6:30 p.m. in the Capitol Building.  This meeting is also available live on WFSU-TV, The Florida Channel Webcast.  Below is the agenda. Presentation by Florida …

  To read the complete story, click on a headline below:   Senate prepares for insurance tribunal The Florida Senate warms up its property insurance tribunal today, hearing from the Office of Insurance Regulation and national consumer advocate J. Robert …

To view the complete story, please click on a headline below: Court of appeal lifts Allstate’s suspension; state has 10 days to justify freeze Allstate has turned the tables on Florida regulators, forcing the state to prove why failure to …

  Click on a headline to read the complete story: State extends Allstate penalty A day after telling Allstate to stop writing new car insurance policies in Florida, state regulators told the company to stop writing any new business in …

To read the complete story, click on a headline below: Florida hits Allstate in the moneymaker: Auto policies Charlie Crist took the battle between insurance regulators and Allstate Insurance companies and kicked it up a notch Wednesday: The governor suggested …