Apr 3, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Major budget woes paralyze Florida legislators Children, their faces painted to look like clowns, raced around the sunny Capitol courtyard while legislators in windowless meeting rooms debated women’s rights …
Apr 3, 2008
Governor Charlie Crist issued the following informational update this week regarding Space Florida. Subsequent to the Governor’s press release is information about the upcoming Space Investment Summit on May 28, 2008. Should you have any questions or comments, please contact: Frank …
Apr 3, 2008
UPDATE: A copy of the amendment adopted this morning to SB 2156 is attached for your review. An amendment, initially submitted in handwritten format, was adopted to SB 2156 that would extend to those companies with limited apportionment status the availability of an additional …
Apr 3, 2008
Reminder: A Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 4, 2008 at 10 a.m. Call-in information is: 1-800-369-1285; Code: 71961#. The meeting agenda and previous meeting’s minutes are attached for your review. Should you …
Apr 3, 2008
Update: Copies of HB 5057 and accompanying amendments considered today by the House of Representatives Policy and Budget Council are attached for your review. Today, April 3, 2008, the House of Representatives Policy and Budget Council (“Council”) amended and approved Committee Substitute/House Bill …
Apr 3, 2008
On March 31, 2008, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizensâ€) issued a statement concerning new procedures to be followed as a result of Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s March 11, 2008 Order regarding Citizens’ depopulation programs. In that statement, Citizens stated …
Apr 2, 2008
Miami Herald–Apr. 01, 2008 By BRENT KALLESTAD A tightening global credit market is contributing to Florida’s insurance woes, prompting officials to look at reducing the amount of money in the state’s catastrophe fund, which pays hurricane claims when private insurers …
Apr 2, 2008
Panels of state legislators gave a green light Tuesday to several property insurance bills.South-Florida Sun-Sentinel–Apr. 2, 2008By: Julie Patel The House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council and the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee each approved a similar bill that would allow …
Apr 2, 2008
Insurance Journal–Apr. 1, 2008 The Florida Department of Financial Services filed a civil lawsuit against the officers, directors and affiliates of three former Florida insurance companies, according to Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink. Lawyers for DFS, the court-appointed Receiver of …
Apr 2, 2008
St. Petersburg Times–Apr. 1, 2008 By Tom Zucco, Times Staff Writer Former Tampa Mayor Bill Poe Sr. and 19 others, including his wife and five children, have been sued by Florida regulators for engaging in what the state alleges was …