The Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion today, July 5, 2012, in the case of Atwater v. Kortum, in which it found that a provision in a 2008 Florida law restricting post-disaster solicitations by public insurance...
On July 1, 2012, the implementation of a platform to simplify the allocation of surplus lines taxes went “live” on the World Wide Web with the release of the Surplus Lines Information Portal...
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The following article was published in the Orlando Sentinel on July 4, 2012: School districts gamble with limited hurricane insurance coverage By Dave Weber www.orlandosentinel.com School districts across Central Florida are...
On June 29, 2012, in State Farm Florida Ins. Co. v. Buitrago, the Second District Court of Appeals once again upheld the constitutionality of the neutral evaluation process, set forth in section 627.7074, Fla....
On June 29, 2012, the Alabama Department of Insurance issued Bulletin No. 2012-03, which informs all insurers licensed in Alabama of the enactment of the Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit and Crime Prevention...
On June 28, 2012 and in compliance with Section 440.49(9), F.S., the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation issued an Informational Bulletin DFS-03-2012. The Bulletin...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) held a public rate hearing today, July 3, 2012 to review Praetorian Insurance Company’s (“Praetorian’s”) recent rate filing in...
On June 28, 2012 and in compliance with Section 440.51(1), F.S., the Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation issued an Informational Bulletin DFS-02-2012. The Bulletin advises...
The following article was published in the St. Augustine Record on July 3, 2012: Florida election law draws new legal challenge By Gary Fineout www.staugustine.com A Florida election law passed by the Republican-led...