Category: Insurance Regulatory News
May 30, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete article:  Crist at the Western Wall JERUSALEM — Gov. Charlie Crist started his second day Wednesday in Israel with a tourist’s view of the Old City’s Jewish Quarter — a tourist …
May 29, 2007
 “Recent Developments in Excess, Surplus Lines, and Reinsurance Law” reviews developments from September 1, 2005 through August 31, 2006 in the areas of excess insurance, surplus lines insurance and reinsurance law, with a view toward assisting the practitioner in …
May 29, 2007
May 29, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story. Â New hurricane season starts Friday with 12-day, tax-free holiday on storm items Florida’s least favorite shopping season — hurricane season — might get off to a slow start this year. …
May 29, 2007
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) released its most recent draft of the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form (OIR-B1-1802).  This updated version is enclosed for your review. Although similar to its former version, this new draft states that mitigation …
May 25, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â National Insurance Fund Gains Support WASHINGTON – Unlike Florida’s Capitol in Tallahassee, where lawmakers have taken a number of actions to address the state’s insurance crisis with arguable results, solutions …
May 25, 2007
On May 24, 2007 this office attended the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors Meeting in Tallahassee, Florida. After a reading of the antitrust statement and approval of the April 26, 2007 meeting minutes, Chairman Bruce Douglas gave his …
May 25, 2007
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation issued the press release below on May 24 regarding the approval of a $1.95 billion financing plan to cover potential hurricane losses. Today’s newspaper headlines on the issue include: Citizens’ board approves $2 billion financing plan Should …
May 24, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Crist slashes $459 million from budget Gov. Charlie Crist has just axed a record $459 million from next year’s state budget, slashing legislators’ hometown spending projects throughout Florida while touting …
May 24, 2007
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has distributed the meeting notice below. Should you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to contact this office  To: Interested Parties to the NAIC Surplus Lines Task Force The …