Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Congress poised to grill regulators The worst housing slump in 16 years and upheaval in financial markets have cast a shadow on the economy, leading lawmakers to question federal regulators …

September 5, 2007; 9:30 am – noon; Holy Cross Hospital Campus, Sister Innocent Conference Center Auditorium; 4725 North Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Meeting Topic: Ensure Public Safety for Floridians by reviewing current detention practices. Meeting will focus on crime …

Insurers Bear Brunt of Anger in New Orleans From The New York Times By LESLIE EATON and JOSEPH B. TREASTER NEW ORLEANS — Maxine Cassin, a prominent local poet, thought her homeowners insurance would be more than enough to cover …

The recently-concluded 2007 Louisiana Legislative Session included the passage of House Bill 678, which established the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program (“Incentive Program”). This Incentive Program, which becomes effective on December 1, 2007, is structured as a grant program from which …

Agenda (PDF file) | Public Hearing Participation Guidelines September 4, 2007; 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm; Holy Cross Hospital Campus, Sister Innocent Conference Center Auditorium at 4725 North Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Meeting Topic: Ensure Public Safety for Floridians …

Jennifer J.H. Pierce joined Colodny Fass, a Fort Lauderdale-based governmental consulting and law firm, as director of marketing and community development, from the Miami Herald, where she was sponsorship and community affairs manager.

Click on a headline to view the complete story: Sinkhole eats Apopka home from inside out The earth opened Wednesday night and gobbled up Rodrigo Coronado’s bathroom. On Thursday, it took his refrigerator. It swallowed his furniture, clothing and 2-year-old …

The International Solvency and Accounting (E) Working Group of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has released initial comments to the International Accounting Standards Board’s (“IASB”) Discussion Paper titled, Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts.  Included with this e-mail are …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has issued a notice of a Property And Casualty Insurance (C) Committee Public Hearing Regarding Catastrophe Modeling, to be held Friday, September 28, 2007 in Washington D.C. from 1-5 p.m. The Hearing, which …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Citizens Property commercial rates proposed to nearly triple TALLAHASSEE — Unfettered by legislative mandates to keep rates down, Citizens Property Insurance is eyeing premiums for its commercial hurricane coverage nearly …