Dixon Hughes has prepared the attached Synopsis of the NAIC Fall Meeting held from September 29, 2007 through October 1, 2007 in Washington, D.C.  This Synopsis is intended to be a summary of the events and not a full recap …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Tax cap plan’s effect on schools may spell trouble When Legislators arrived last week to agree on a property tax cut package, one of their major goals was to minimize …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   OIR mandates greater decrease in workers’ comp rate The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has rejected the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s (NCCI) latest rate filing for workers’ compensation insurance …

The Reinsurance Task Force (“Task Force”) of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) has scheduled a conference call for October 25, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. EST, to discuss the upcoming interim meeting of the Task Force in Atlanta, Georgia …

The following information was just released by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) regarding the postponement of the Auto-Owners Public Hearing: —————————————— -FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION- MEDIA ADVISORY Oct. 23, 2007 WHAT:   AUTO-OWNERS PUBLIC HEARING POSTPONED …

The following information was just released by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”):   ———————————————————- -NEWS FROM THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF INSURANCE REGULATION- For Immediate Release: Contact:   Ed Domansky/Tom Zutell/Jonathon Kees850/413-2515 FLORIDA INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MCCARTY ORDERS FURTHER DECREASE IN …

Colodny Fass shareholder, Maria Elena Abate, is a founding board member of the Florida Breast Health Initiative (“FBHI”), a charitable organization dedicated to providing free mammograms to uninsured women by targeting neighborhoods likely to have the highest concentrations of the …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   No fault takes a break, lawsuits may proliferate Florida motorists may want to use their best defensive driving skills between now and New Year’s.   Canceled Coastal Insurance Policies Argue …

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) recently received the attached report from the American Insurance Association and the Reinsurance Association of America. The report proposes that insurance and mitigation subsidies be offered as a way to ease the homeowners’ …

On October 22, 2007, the Ad Hoc Vendor Review & Selection Committee (“Committee”) of the Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association (“FAJUA”) held a teleconference to discuss the pricing arrangement between York Claims Service, Inc. (“York”) and FAJUA. York currently provides …