Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Aug 8, 2011
The Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (“FSLSO”) Board of Governors (“Board”) met July 27, 2011, during which it discussed the feasibility of providing Clearinghouse services for the Nonadmitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement (“NIMA”). Proposed updates to the FSLSO Accounting and …
Aug 8, 2011
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Aug 8, 2011
The following article was published by Bloomberg.com on August 8, 2011: A scientists from a federal research lab in Florida is one of two inventors issued a patent on a new hurricane-intensity scale. Patent 7,970,543, issued by the U.S. Patent …
Aug 7, 2011
The following article was published in the Miami Herald on August 7, 2011: Task force to seek reform of ALF industry By Carol Marbin Miller, Michael Sallah, and Rob Barry Calling Florida’s lax oversight of assisted living facilities “deadly,” one …
Aug 7, 2011
The following article was published in the St. Petersburg Times on August 7, 2011: Sinkhole issue spotlights state’s broken insurance system In Florida we have a provision in all regular homeowner policies that covers catastrophic ground collapse — when a …
Aug 7, 2011
The following article was published in the Tampa Tribune on August 7, 2011: Piling on Homeowners By TBO.com It doesn’t take a CPA to recognize that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is in a big hole when it comes to providing …
Aug 6, 2011
The following article was published in the Florida Independent on August 6, 2011: HCA warns investors about the cost of Medicaid cuts By Travis Pillow Hospital corporation HCA warned investors in a Friday filing that reductions in Florida’s Medicaid program …
Aug 6, 2011
The following article was published in the Florida Times-Union on August 6, 2011: Legislators trying, but no Florida law yet for texting while driving By Adam Kealoha Causey Florida hasn’t joined the 34 states that ban texting while driving, but …
Aug 5, 2011
The following article was published in the Florida Current on August 5, 2011: Scott wants to put road-building in the fast lane By Gary Fineout Gov. Rick Scott is backing a major transportation plan that calls for speeding up road …
Aug 5, 2011
The Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) Division of Agent and Agency Services has scheduled a September 7, 2011 hearing on Proposed Rule 69B-221.010, entitled “Temporary Orders of Suspension of Bail Bond Agents.” Under Section 648.45, Florida Statutes, the …