Reinsurance Exec Says Industry Was Prepared For 2017 Disasters Despite a deadly and costly storm season this year, Aon Benfield President Andy Marcell said Thursday Reinsurers were more than prepared to handle the...
Florida homeowners need break from assignment-of-benefits lawsuits The damage from AOB litigation is clear, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Executive Vice President Harold Kim explains in the Sun-Sentinel. Al Lawson...
In an October 26, 2017 report entitled “Third Report On The Administration’s Core Principles For Financial Regulation,” the U.S. Treasury has made a sweeping list of insurance regulatory overhaul...
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Orders Slightly Larger Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Decrease for 2018 Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier issued an Order late yesterday notifying the...
The Florida House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness met yesterday, October 26, 2017, to discuss various disaster-response related items, including emergency management...
House Hurricane Committee Mulls What Went Wrong During, After Irma On Thursday, the House Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness heard about issues affecting Florida during Irma. A.G. Gancarski reports....
Florida’s cost for deadly hurricane keeps going up The tab for Hurricane Irma keeps rising, and Florida legislators are warning that it could require some tough budget choices for next year. The Associated Press...
Florida CFO Voices Concerns to FEMA Over Policy Management Vendor Transition Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider an upcoming vendor transition...
At its meeting yesterday, October 24, 2017, the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) convened a panel of expert witnesses to testify on the effects of Post-Loss Assignment of Benefits...
The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services’ Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “The Federal Government’s Role in the Insurance Industry” yesterday, October 24,...