On November 5, 2007, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (“Agency”) scheduled a hearing on Proposed Rule 59G-14, regarding the Agency’s Florida KidCare grievance process, to be held if requested.  Since a hearing was not formally requested, it …

  Members: As previously discussed, the Task Force on Citizens Claims Handling & Resolution (“Task Force”) along with certain lawmakers will be analyzing potential legislation pertaining to Public Adjusters and Property Loss Insurance Appraisers.  The Task Force has scheduled a …

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November 5-9Senate Interim Committee Meetings

On November 2, 2007, the Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board (“Board”) met in Orlando, Florida for the purpose of discussing and adopting its 2008 legislative recommendations.  Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, opened the meeting with brief introductory remarks and led …

Insurance Fraud Weekly ePortWeek Ending November 2, 2007 www.insurancefraud.org ________________________________ LEGISLATION & REGULATION * The Hawaii insurance department is working on a bill for 2008 to expand it fraud unit’s jurisdiction. The unit investigates only auto insurance fraud, but would …

The Task Force on Citizens Property Insurance Claims Handling and Resolution will hold an informal workshop regarding proposed legislation pertaining to Public Adjusters and Property Loss Insurance Appraisers.  The purpose of this workshop is to avail interested parties of the …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   State Farm drops nearly 74,000 home policies Total home, mobile home, renter and condominium polices by State Farm reported as of June 30:   Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s Surprisingly Successful …

  On November 1, 2007, a member of this Firm attended a public rate hearing for Liberty American and Liberty American Select Insurance Companies (collectively, “Liberty American”) in Tallahassee, Florida.  Belinda Miller (Deputy Commissioner), Michael Milnes (Deputy Director), Ken Ritzenthaler …

  Insurance Journal Feds Require Financial Firms to Take Identity Theft Prevention Steps October 31, 2007 Federal regulators are requiring that every financial institution have a program to detect and prevent identity theft on consumer accounts. The federal financial institution …