Category: Florida and Insurance News
Dec 13, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story:  House Passes Alternative Terror Bill As Expiration Looms WASHINGTON—House Democrats, in a move characterized by a Republican member as “futile,†passed and sent to the Senate a new bill to …
Dec 12, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Crist: State won’t bail out fund Florida’s former comptroller, Bob Milligan, was named Tuesday interim chief of the board that invests state funds. Despite pleas from cities, counties and school …
Dec 7, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Citizens will take $140 million from troubled state fund As soon as the state reopened its beleaguered Local Government Investment Pool on Thursday, the Florida school boards, towns and counties …
Dec 6, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â State reopens investment pool to governments; withdrawals ‘heavy’ Local governments made ‘heavy’ withdrawals from Florida’s state-run investment pool when it reopened Thursday, a week after it was frozen amid a …
Dec 5, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â OIR orders companies to stop selling insurance The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued an order requiring four unlicensed companies stop selling health insurance in Florida. Â Troubled state investment …
Dec 4, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â State House committee advances PIP insurance revival for drivers Florida’s no-fault insurance law survived its first vote during a special legislative session Wednesday, with two more panels to weigh in …
Dec 3, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Crist fires back to Rubio on Seminoles compact Gov. Charlie Crist fired back Monday at House Speaker Marco Rubio’s attempt to throw out the gambling compact with the Seminole Tribe, …
Nov 30, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Managers work on solutions for $14 billion frozen in fund Florida money managers expect today to hire an independent adviser to help guide the state through a financial panic that …
Nov 29, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Florida freezes state investment fund In a decision that could disrupt the finances of dozens of cities and counties across the state, Gov. Charlie Crist and other top officials on …
Sep 18, 2007
Governor Crist today appointed prominent attorney and University of Miami leader Dean Colson as Special Advisor to the Governor on Higher Education. In this position, Mr. Colson will advise Governor Crist on all aspects of higher education and its governance, with …