Jul 20, 2007
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation today released the following announcement regarding its decision on Florida Farm Bureau’s July 10, 2007 request for a rate increase. To read the proceedings from the July 10 Hearing, click here. Should you have any …
Jul 19, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â Pembroke Pines OKs 6.2 percent increase for charter schools 6.2 percent increase will cover teacher salaries The cost of serving the 5,310 students who will attend the city’s seven charter …
Jul 19, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â State Farm to drop 50,000 coastal homeowners policies in Fla. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State Farm Insurance, Florida’s largest private home insurer, said Thursday it will drop about 50,000 homeowners policies …
Jul 19, 2007
This week, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger spoke before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”). The text of Ms. Praeger’s presentation may be accessed by clicking …
Jul 19, 2007
House Democratic Leader Dan Gelber today sent Governor Charlie Crist the letter copied below about the continued crisis plaguing our state’s property insurance market. The letter urges the Governor to assemble a rate reduction working group comprised of state legislators, …
Jul 19, 2007
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation today released the following news regarding a Consent Order issued to The Chubb Group for the refund of over $13 million in excess profits to its customers. Should you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to …
Jul 19, 2007
We have recently learned that Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”)Â may not issue an advisory memoranda addressing the sunset of Florida’s no-fault law. Although internal discussions are being held on the issue, officials from OIR have stated that they anticipate …
Jul 19, 2007
The news article below recently appeared in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel accompanied by a poll to ask readers “Should Florida do away with its no-fault auto insurance law, which is currently set to expire Oct. 1?” The poll, the structure and …
Jul 19, 2007
The Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board ("Board") has scheduled a public meeting to discuss critical issues for theFlorida health care insurance market. The Board will discuss a myriad of issues including improving health care access, improving health care affordability, and …
Jul 18, 2007
Click on a headline to read the complete story: Â “Best and Worst School Districts for the Buck” A new study by Forbes magazine ranks Montgomery County public schools fifth in the nation “for the buck,” with nods to Howard …