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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 12, 2012
The last day of the Florida Legislature on Friday saw the passage of a measure to help bring reform to the state’s auto-insurance system.
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By Brent Kallestad, Associated Press |
March 6, 2012
In Florida, three major insurance bills are awaiting action in the final four days of the 2012 legislative session, including one that is a priority of Gov. Rick Scott.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 24, 2012
Throughout the country surplus-lines carriers are being affected by newly enacted and proposed legislation, but a measure being mulled in Florida is looking at these unregulated high-risk writers to help save the state’s residential market.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 23, 2012
Desperate to shrink its dangerously overexposed state-run insurer, Florida is floating legislation to allow eligible surplus-lines insurers to take policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s ostensible last-resort insurer.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 5, 2012
Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is considering the use of private reinsurance, and its risk-transfer plan this year could also include the issuance of its first catastrophe bond.
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By Fred E. Karlinsky, Esq., Katherine Scott Webb, Richard J. Fidei, Esq. |
November 28, 2011
Given the 2011 residential property reforms, expect Florida’s 2012 session to be much quieter in that area. The exceptions could be legislation on Citizens and the Cat Fund.
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By William Stander |
November 28, 2011
What does the 2012 legislation session hold? Property issues, PIP, bad faith, and repackaged drugs all rank high on the agenda. Wait, what year is this?
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By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com |
November 28, 2011
As in previous years, our December issue offers a retrospective of the topics we covered over these past 12 months. We provided extensive coverage on property insurance, legislative and regulatory actions, workers' compensation, excess and surplus lines, agency management topics, health care, and many of the ancillary lines of coverage...
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
October 24, 2011
It came as no surprise to anyone that has followed the Florida’s reinsurance fund that it could potentially have a $3.2 billion shortfall, according to new report issued by independent-financial advisor Raymond James.
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By Gary Fineout, Associated Press |
September 22, 2011
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is on "shaky ground" and its ability to borrow is questionable, says it chief operating offer.
