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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 17, 2012
Mississippi's governor signed a bill which avoided the possibility of 75,000 properties having to secure more expensive private insurance.
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By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 13, 2012
A tenuous truce has been forged between federal and Florida emergency-management officials over a bill passed by the Florida legislature that could potentially leave 2.06 million Florida property owners without flood insurance just as the hurricane season nears its peak in July.
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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 19, 2012
The recent passage of legislation reforming Florida’s personal injury protection auto-insurance system should help combat rising claims costs and insurance rates in the state, and is credit-positive for insurers, according to Moody’s Investors Service.
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By Christopher Tidball |
March 15, 2012
Gov. Scott got what he sought in the recent session, but the Florida legislature has a history of trying to fix PIP problems and coming up short.
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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 Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 7, 2012
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty says that if the Florida legislature does nothing to reform the state’s no-fault, personal injury protection auto insurance system, rates will simply continue to increase and lawmakers could be forced to repeal the law.
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By Staff Writer |
December 13, 2011
An assistant to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has been named regional manager and counsel for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America in the Sunshine State.
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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 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 Gary Fineout, Associated Press |
November 15, 2011
Florida's largest property insurer wants sweeping changes, including the ability to charge higher rates, in the coming year.
