Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Herald-Tribune–April 6, 2008 For more than a decade, Allstate Insurance Co. kept a secret from its auto policyholders — a national strategy to force customers to accept reduced cash payouts or face years in court. Thousands of pages of Allstate …

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–April 5, 2008 South Florida Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board ISSUE: Lawmakers grapple with more reforms. “Run for the hills” would be appropriate advice, except there are few hills in Florida, and almost all are in the northern part of …

Naples Daily News–April 6, 2008 By MICHAEL PELTIER TALLAHASSEE — In the world of insurance regulation, this was a big, BIG deal. A Florida appellate court last week upheld the state Office of Insurance Regulation’s decision to bar Allstate Insurance …

Ruling spurs the insurer to post thousands of pages of documents on the Web By John Hielscher and Paige St. JohnSTAFF WRITERSHerald-Tribune–April 5, 2008 A state appellate court Friday freed Florida to ban Allstate from writing new policies in Florida. …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has released its System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (“SERFF”) newsletter for April, 2008. The SERFF system is designed to provide a cost-effective method of handling insurance policy rate and form filings …

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”), has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Hearing for (Rule Number: Rule Title) 69O-144.007: Credit for Reinsurance From Eligible Reinsurers. The purpose of the proposed Rule is to implement …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Court upholds Allstate sales ban Ruling spurs the insurer to post thousands of pages of documents on the Web A state appellate court Friday freed Florida to ban Allstate …

On Thursday, April 03, 2008, the Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) held a Reinsurance Committee (“Committee”) meeting to discuss the reinsurance intermediary selection process and commutation matters.  The meeting was called to order with the following Committee members …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Appeals Court Says Fla. Can Suspend Allstate A Florida appeals court lifted a stay today that had prevented the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation from suspending the license …

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty held a press conference today, April 4, 2008, to discuss the First District Court of Appeal’s Order upholding the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s (“OIR”) Immediate Final Order (“Order”) of January 17, 2008. The January …