Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Apr 11, 2018
The “gentleman” of Tallahassee said an official goodbye Tuesday as the representative for Florida’s 71st House District to his county counterparts. Hannah Morse reports for the Bradenton Herald. http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article208459224.html
Apr 11, 2018
Access Insurance, which provides coverage for 42,785 drivers in Pennsylvania, was found to be insolvent in March. The Philadeliphia Inquirer reports via the PCI SmartBrief. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/access-insurance-insolvent-commission-drivers-uncovered-20180410.html
Apr 11, 2018
Insurance Commissioner James Donelon is joining with Representative Kirk Talbot and Representative Major Thibaut along with Senator John Smith to urge the Louisiana Legislature to support House Bill 472 creating a state-wide reinsurance pool that will stabilize the state’s ailing …
Apr 11, 2018
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation and Chief Industry Liaison, is the 2018 recipient of the Paul DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award given by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society (IRES) Foundation. …
Apr 10, 2018
Lawsuits stem from the 2017 hurricanes and affected policyholders in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, National Underwriter’s PropertyCasualty360.com reports. https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2018/04/10/attorneys-ask-mdl-panel-to-transfer-federal-flood/
Apr 10, 2018
The vacation rental home marketing giant Airbnb announced Tuesday it has signed a tax agreement with Charlotte County, giving the company tax pacts in 40 Florida counties, FloridaPolitics.com’s Scott Powers reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260873-airbnb-announces-40th-county-tax-agreement-in-charlotte
Apr 10, 2018
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration will decide whether to drop its contract with AIDS Health Care Foundation by the end of this month, WMFE’s Danielle Prieur reports. http://www.wmfe.org/miami-leads-the-country-in-new-hiv-cases-but-some-in-the-city-might-lose-insurance/85505
Apr 10, 2018
President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped two Florida appellate judges with ties to Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as federal district judges. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260914-allen-winsor-wendy-berger-picked-to-serve-as-federal-judges
Apr 10, 2018
She was slated to be his U.S. Senate campaign’s Hispanic media outreach director, Politico Florida’s Sergio Bustos and Marc Caputo report. https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/04/09/member-of-scotts-media-team-dies-in-florida-keys-boating-accident-355003
Apr 10, 2018
The ACLU’s “Voting Restoration Amendment” would automatically restore the right to vote for felons who have completed their sentences, fulfilled probation or parole and paid restitution. The proposal, which excludes felons convicted of murder or sexual offenses, will appear as …