Florida Surplus Lines Association

• Due Diligence Legislative Changes for 2011

  By Douglas A. Mang, Gary R. Sumner  |  September 29, 2011

  This year, one of the Florida Surplus Lines Association’s main objectives was to eliminate the due diligence requirement for those commercial lines coverages that have been deregulated as to a rate approval.

• Florida Surplus Lines Association Holds 51st Annual Convention

  By Roger Gobler  |  September 29, 2011

  The 51st annual convention of the Florida Surplus Lines Association boasted a record attendance for the second straight year as attendees seized the opportunity to gather together and exchange ideas.

• A Conversation With FSLA President Roy Fabry

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  Roy V. Fabry, CPCU, is the new president of the Florida Surplus Lines Association. We spoke with President Fabry about the association, its goals and challenges, and the current status of Florida’s market.

• Florida’s 2011 Associations’ Gatherings: Supportive, Fun, and Educational

  By Sharon K. Moorhead  |  April 6, 2011

  Every summer, Florida’s insurance groups present opportunities for agents to earn CE credits, get current on technology, and network. To help you plan your schedules, here’s a preview of upcoming conventions.

• Opportunity Is Not Knocking – It Is Waving Its Hands and Shouting

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 3, 2011

  By many accounts, Florida’s insurance industry is the most over-regulated in the country. In 2011 we are in a unique and enviable position to change that.

• Federal Surplus Lines Reform and Those Devilish Details

  By Douglas A. Mang, Richard Santurri  |  October 1, 2010

  The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act is of limited benefit to only a few Florida surplus lines agents and of no benefit at all to most.

• FSLA President Bruce Bowers Expresses Optimism for E&S Market

  By Tim Hoelle  |  October 1, 2010

  President Bruce Bowers talked with Florida Underwriter about the FSLA, surplus lines business in Florida, and the Florida insurance marketplace in general.

• Record-Breaking Crowd Gathers to Celebrate 50 Years

  By Roger Gobler  |  October 1, 2010

  This past July, surplus lines brokerage firms, agents, insurance companies and industry-related firms made up the largest conference crowd in FSLA's history.

• A 360 Degree View of Florida's Insurance Industry

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com, Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 1, 2010

  This month's Florida Underwriter is an exceptionally diverse collection of good news, bad news, reflections, prognostications, and fierce opinions.

• E&S Sees More Competition, Less Premium

  By Tim Hoelle  |  August 1, 2010

  Florida's excess and surplus (E&S) lines industry emerged relatively unscathed from the 2010 legislative session.