State Farm Florida has filed a request to increase its homeowners insurance premium rates by an average of 41.7 percent. To view a copy of the request, click here. Media coverage of the issue is below.  Should you...
TEST: NAIC Life Insurance and Annuities Committee Report: July 15
On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAICâ€) Life Insurance and Annuities Committee (“Committeeâ€) held a meeting to discuss comments received from interested...
Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, July 16
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below:  Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty Joins Gov. Crist in Meeting with Lloyd’s of London Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today in London...
Florida woman accused of abuse gets prison sentence for fraud
Judith Leekin was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison for fraud in the adoption of 11 disabled children, who authorities say were confined and abused in her Port St. Lucie, Fla., home while she collected almost...
‘Heartless’ mom gets 11 years
A woman from Trinidad who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than one million dollars in subsidies was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison.
Judith Leekin’s Adoption Fraud and Abuse: “One of the saddest, most pathetic things I’ve ever seen”
Using four different aliases, Judith Leekin adopted 11 children—some with autism and other disabilities—-between 1988 and 1996 in New York City and moved them to Florida in 1998.
NY woman gets almost 11 years for fraud that helped her adopt 11 kids she’s accused of abusing
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison.
N.Y. woman gets almost 11 years for fraud that helped her adopt 11 kids she’s accused of abusing
A woman who lied to adopt 11 disabled children whom authorities say she abused while she raked in more than $1 million in subsidies was sentenced Tuesday to nearly 11 years in prison.
10-Year Sentence in Scheme to Bilk Adoption System
Calling a former Queens woman’s acts “diabolical in nature,” a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced her to more than 10 years in prison on Tuesday for a fraudulent scheme in which she adopted 11 disabled...