Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Brown & Brown: Revenues Up Even as Insurance Prices Falling

Oct 21, 2008

Insurance Journal–October 21, 2008 Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. reported that its total commissions and fees revenues for the third quarter of 2008 increased 8.1 percent over the third quarter of 2007. While revenues were up, net income …

Make sure you register for FEMA assistance before Nov. 10

Oct 21, 2008

Treasure Coast Palm–October 21, 2008 By Staff report TALLAHASSEE — Nov. 10 is the final day for Floridians to register for Federal Emergency Management Agency assistance. Florida residents in 27 designated counties who had property damage or other losses as …

Miami doctor, nurse guilty of Medicare fraud

Oct 21, 2008

The brothers who owned the clinic involved in an $11 million Medicare scam fled to Cuba. A doctor and nurse who worked in the clinic were convicted of fraud. BY JAY WEAVER Miami Herald–October 21, 2008 A Miami doctor and …

Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Rule Workshop

Oct 21, 2008

> Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Rule Workshop The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation, has issued a Notice of Development of Rulemaking regarding the following Rules: 69L-3.0046: Wage Statement: Employer’s and Claims-handling Entity’s Responsibility to Record …

Allstate lawsuit charges 17 car accidents were staged

Oct 20, 2008

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–October 18, 2008 Allstate is suing more than 70 companies and individuals in Miami-Dade County for allegedly staging 17 car accidents and filing insurance claims for them. The suit was filed last week in the U.S. District Court …