Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society immediate past president, told members of the Suncoast Chapter of CPCU at …
Citizens Property In-surance Corp. plans to seek a rate increase for commercial residential associations, primarily condos, to keep up with increasing premiums in the private market. Citizens writes wind coverage for customers who otherwise wouldn’t be able to buy it …
A coalition of insurance organizations, bankers, realtors and home builders are petitioning state lawmakers to support SB 98/HB 279, an effort by Sen. J. D. Alexander and Rep. Kim Berfield to protect Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe fund with a constitutional amendment. …
More than 120 of Florida’s independent agents who attended the March 29 and 30 Florida Independent Insurance Agents Legislative “Fly-In” heard Skip Long, Scott Johnson, Laura Pearce and Kyle Ulrich outline the pros and cons of legislation being considered in …
A Miami-Dade County man was arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and submitting fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to Florida’s Attorney General Charlie Crist. Orlando Sotolongo Guarton allegedly posed under the name of an actual licensed dentist, Dr. Lorenzo Puentes, …
A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., has refused to throw out a lawsuit that a couple filed against Allstate Insurance Co. after the insurer refused to cover damage to their home from Hurricane Katrina. The lawsuit, filed by Elmer and …
Atlanta, Ga.-based BrightServ has appointed Michael Frank senior vice president, Insurance Services. His responsibilities include overseeing client requirements, managing client contractor programs and BrightServ processes to ensure customer satisfaction. Frank has more than 25 years insurance experience. He began as …
An appeal for independent insurance agencies to help law enforcement agencies document and report insurance fraud was voiced by South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster during the March 22-23 Spring Conference held in Columbia by the Independent Insurance Agents and …
The federal versus state insurance regulation debate just beginning to heat up in Washington is part of a larger debate that has been taking place across the country. “Federal preemption of state authority is a growing concern,” said Georgia Senator …
The Florida Legislature took an important step toward making its civil justice system more equitable by repealing the doctrine of joint and several liability, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America. Joint and several liability allows a disproportionate …
