Category: Insurance Regulatory News

House Passes Klein-Mahoney Homeowners Insurance Bill

Nov 11, 2007

As Issued from the U.S. House Financial Services Committee Legislation Eliminates Federal Bailouts and Provide Property Owners Relief by Increasing Acess and Lowering Insurance Rates     Washington, DC – Historic legislation authored by U.S. Reps. Ron Klein (FL-22) and Tim Mahoney …

OIR To Hold Public Rate Hearing For Allstate Companies

Nov 11, 2007

  The following media advisory was issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”): ———————————————————————————   -FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION MEDIA ADVISORYNov. 9, 2007 WHAT:  PUBLIC RATE HEARING SCHEDULED FOR ALLSTATE COMPANIES – Allstate Floridian Indemnity, …

Insurance Regulatory Update: November 2007 At-A-Glance

Nov 11, 2007

  For your review, the following is a revised schedule of upcoming events:   Tuesday 11/13/07 • 12:30 p.m. National Association of Insurance Commissioners Risk Retention Group (E) Task Force Teleconference • 2:00 p.m. – Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association …

Colodny Fass Attorneys Featured in AM Best National Podcast

Nov 9, 2007

   Above:  Maria Elena Abate (left) and Amy Koltnow (right) Colodny Fass attorneys Maria Elena Abate and Amy Koltnow were recently featured on AM Best’s latest national podcast, entitled “An Important Supreme Court Decision Favoring Major Insurance Companies.” AM Best …

Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Friday, Nov. 9

Nov 9, 2007

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Crist praises Democrats on catastrophe billGov. Charlie Crist is reaching across the political isle to praise a pair of Florida Democrats, even though his own party wants to give them …

Recap: OIR Rule Hearing On Certificates Of Mortgage Release

Nov 9, 2007

  On Thursday, November 8, 2007, the Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) scheduled a public hearing on Rule 69O-186.017, relating to Certificates of Mortgage Release.  Customarily, the OIR schedules these hearings but will only hold them if they are formally …

Florida House speaker to continue fight for tax cuts

Nov 9, 2007

Aaron Deslatte, Tallahassee Bureau November 9, 2007 TALLAHASSEE With his property-tax agenda derailed in the Florida Legislature, House Speaker Marco Rubio is making plans for his political future that include throwing his fundraising clout behind a drive for bigger property-tax …

Florida GOP penalized for early primary

Nov 9, 2007

BY MARY ELLEN KLAS The Republican National Committee followed its Democratic counterparts Thursday and slapped Florida with penalties for being the naughty boys of the presidential primary. The RNC voted 121-9 to strip the state Republican Party of half of …