Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) advised today, October 16, 2017, that the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved new rules and endorsements filed by Citizens for residences held...
Insurance regulators nationwide are being challenged to see who can get the most “steps” in at the upcoming National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Fall 2017 National Meeting, which...
After Irma: Why Are 90% Of Flood Claims Being Denied? Nine out of 10 Flood Claims resolved by the National Flood Insurance Program in the early going after Hurricane Irma have been closed without payment, Federal...
Joe Negron: “Nothing Nefarious” In Gary Farmer’s Re-Assignment State Senator Gary Farmer was taken off the Chamber’s Banking and Insurance Committee, but Senate President Joe Negron told...
Presentations on hurricane-related insurance issues and a discussion on property insurance-related post-loss assignment of benefits accounted for the majority of the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance...
Florida Appeals Court Upholds Major Tobacco Verdict Though it raised concerns about a jury instruction, a State Appeals Court Wednesday upheld a nearly $35 Million Verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) announced today, October 11, 2017, that it has introduced a new subscription service that allows consumers and other interested parties an opportunity to sign up...
Irma: Delay, Denial Complaints Appear As One Insurer’s Outlook Lowered A month after Hurricane Irma, Consumers are starting to let State Agencies know of more than 150 Complaints ranging from long waits for...
Florida’s State Board of Administration has scheduled a Rule Development Hearing for October 24, 2017 to discuss proposed amendments to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Rule 19-8.029, F.A.C.,...
Florida legislative insurance committees meet this week, beginning with the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance, which convened today, October 10, 2017, at 10 a.m. (ET). To watch this morning’s meeting via live...