Category: Florida and Insurance News
Jan 16, 2008
 To read the complete story, click on a headline below:  Fla. Regulator Suspends Allstate Over Subpoena A hearing probing the background of Allstate’s Florida property insurance rate hike requests was abruptly halted yesterday by the state insurance commissioner, …
Jan 15, 2008
To read the complete story, click on a headline below: Â Frustrated at Allstate, regulators shorten insurance hearing Florida insurance regulators angrily and abruptly ended a hearing with Allstate executives after just two hours Tuesday, upset that the company and …
Jan 14, 2008
 January 7-11: First Week of Interim Committees for 2008 The Florida Legislature filled the halls of the Capitol during the week of January 7-11 to conduct the first week of interim committee meetings for 2008. Due to the number …
Jan 14, 2008
 To read the complete story, click on a headline below: Citizens at eye of storm over state investment pool $7 billion of insurer’s assets invested in troubled state fund Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest property insurer, is hoping …
Jan 11, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  Above: State Senator Steve Geller “We’re going to want Mr. Farm, from State Farm. If we get GEICO Insurance, we want the gecko personally here.” –Senator Geller responding to a question …
Jan 10, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â State Senate wants answers on insurance costs Frustrated that home insurance premiums aren’t dropping the way politicians promised, the state Senate plans to haul in industry executives to explain why …
Jan 7, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Rubio, Rivera stump for Huckabee in N.H. Mike Huckabee’s staunchest Florida supporters believe his Iowa surprise was enough to catapult him to victory in Florida’s Jan. 29 contest — so …
Jan 4, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Local governments could get access to $2.7B in investment pool Local governments with money stuck in a state-run investment pool could get access to another $2.7 billion of their deposits …
Jan 3, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Interior Department OKs expanded gambling at Seminole casinos The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved the gambling compact between Gov. Charlie Crist and the Seminole Tribe that would allow …
Jan 2, 2008
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Neil Frank disputes ‘questionable’ storm counts A well-known name in hurricane-forecasting circles Neil Frank is challenging how the National Hurricane Center classifies storms. Â Insurance crunch hurts clients Some small …