Jan 25, 2017
With an array of legal pending legal and statewide rate increase issues as a backdrop, the Florida House of Representatives’ Insurance and Banking Subcommittee will hold Part One of a Panel Discussion on issues relating to Florida’s Workers’ Compensation …
Jan 24, 2017
Nelson: Trump hiring freeze could hurt hurricane response in Florida, nation Florida Senator Bill Nelson expressed concern Monday that President Donald Trump‘s federal hiring freeze will harm the government’s hurricane preparedness and response. The Miami Herald’s James Martin Rose reports for …
Jan 23, 2017
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today, January 23, 2017, that the California Supreme Court affirmed his authority against a major insurance industry legal challenge to a 2011 regulation establishing specific requirements governing replacement-cost estimates. The Rule decreed that …
Jan 23, 2017
In what it labled “a case of first impression,” Florida’s First District Court of Appeal (“First DCA”) ruled today, January 23, 2017, that under Florida’s workers’ compensation law, an injured worker was not entitled to select a physician in …
Jan 23, 2017
Members of the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance have a substantial agenda tomorrow, January 24, 2017 from 10 a.m. to noon (ET), when they meet to review the status of Florida’s motor vehicle insurance market. To view …
Jan 22, 2017
Florida Home Insurance Costs Lead Nation Again Florida once again has the Nation’s Costliest Home Insurance, a new report shows. That’s all the more reason for Consumers to know more about their options in the updated The Palm Beach Post …
Jan 19, 2017
Court Weighs State Farm Trade Secrets An Appeals Court Thursday dug into a dispute between Regulators and State Farm Florida about disclosure of information that shows where the Company is selling Property-Insurance Policies. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim …
Jan 18, 2017
PCI’s Griffin: Private Flood Insurers Will Take On Riskier Properties Insurers are likely to provide Flood Policies for higher-risk properties as Private Flood Coverage gains traction, with Florida currently providing the most leeway for Private Flood Insurance, says Don …
Jan 18, 2017
Zoraida Investments Claims Ark Royal Insurance Wrongfully Refuses To Pay Claim A Florida Company alleges an Insurer has not paid a Claim it submitted for Water Damage. Jenie Mallari-Torres reports for the Florida Record. South Florida Doctor Among …
Jan 17, 2017
In its January 12, 2017 statutory report on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015, which called for a review of alternative funding approaches for the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) determined …