Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Oct 26, 2011
10:00 a.m.–Florida Department of Revenue Proposed Rule Hearing; Proposed amendments to Rule Chapter 12B-8, “Insurance Premium Taxes, Fees and Surcharges”, would update statutory and rule references, remove unnecessary effective dates, remove provisions regarding the emergency excise tax repealed effective January …
Oct 25, 2011
The Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association (“FAJUA”) Board of Governors (“Board”) met via teleconference today, October 25, 2011, and voted to defer action on a proposal from SAS, a business analytics software and services company, to provide analytic services …
Oct 25, 2011
Unable to meet a looming November 15, 2011 deadline for the establishment of a Clearinghouse for the collection and distribution of surplus lines premium taxes, representatives of Nonadmitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement (“NIMA”) member states voted in an emergency session …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was published in the St. Petersburg Times on October 25, 2011: Florida lost 10,000 jobs as stimulus funding winds down By Michael C. Bender Florida has lost about 10,000 jobs as contracts and grants from the federal …
Oct 25, 2011
The Excess Lines Association of New York (“ELANY”) issued Bulletin No. 2011-26 on October 25, 2011, which is reprinted below: RE: INSURER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS/BROKER RESPONSIBILITIES ELANY is fielding numerous questions regarding insurer eligibility requirements in light of the enactment of …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was published in The Florida Current on October 25, 2011: Senator Gaetz presses on job-creation program Senate President-designate Don Gaetz is pushing for more information about companies that owe taxpayers money for incentive-program jobs that never were …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was published in The Florida Current on October 25, 2011: Panel says state foreclosure mediation program should end Despite a backlog of at least 350,000 foreclosures in the state, a judicial committee recommends that a Florida Supreme …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was published in the Florida Current on October 25, 2011: Former aide to Lt. Gov. Carroll arrested in illegal recording case By Gray Rohrer Carletha Cole, a former spokeswoman for Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll, was arrested Thursday …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was posted to The Buzz blog in the St. Petersburg Times on October 25, 2011: After Florida House Speaker backs Perry, rank-and-file members back Romney What’s going on in the Florida House? First, the top three Republicans get …
Oct 25, 2011
The following article was published in the Florida Independent on October 25, 2011: Florida Fourth in the Nation in Mass Layoffs in September By Marcos Restrepo Florida had 69 mass layoff actions during the month of September, the fourth highest …