Medicaid reform, changing term limits and ethics will be three major issues of concern to the Florida Legislature during upcoming meetings and through 2006 according to Ron Villela, Professional Insurance Agents of Florida lobbyist in his introductory remarks during PIAF’s …
The silver lining to last year’s hurricanes proved that without adequate compensation for agents, there will be trouble when claims need to be settled, freshman Rep. Dean Cannon (R-Winter Park) told Professional Insurance Agents of Florida members attending Legislative Day …
Four months before the hurricane season, storm clouds are forming due to insurance reform measures suggested by Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton. Klein told South Florida television stations and newspapers it’s essential to establish a “watchdog” to “protect the consumer” …
Gun-shy Florida homeowners have a new natural disaster to add to their list of concerns, sinkholes. Dec. 13, accompanied by the sounds of tree roots snapping and limestone collapsing, a 225 ft. wide and 50 ft. deep sinkhole engulf-ed a …
While describing himself as a novice on insurance industry topics, Rep. Jim Davis, D-Tampa, summarized the current state of the industry in Florida during a Friday morning presentation to the Windstorm Insurance Network Conference in Tampa. Davis voiced fears that …
Predicting the weather in general and hurricanes in particular can be a very imprecise science, Max Mayfield, director of the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in Miami told more than 500 Windstorm Insurance Network Conference attendees in Tampa. During his …
Panelists and even the audience dispute Florida Insurance Council and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation statistics indicating that a large percentage of claims from the four hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004 have been settled. In his welcoming address Charles …
Disgruntled homeowners attempting to repair residences destroyed by hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne applauded Florida legislators after they unanimously approved a bill to reimburse them for multiple deductibles. The Florida Legislature met in mid-December and agreed to send payments …
In times of disaster the insurance industry is supposed to shine, and your industry did,” Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter A. Bell commented during a panel discussion at the Society of Insurance Research annual conference in Atlanta. The discussion on “The …
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer subpoenaed Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. as part of an ongoing investigation about how the insurance industry does business, not because there is any issue with Crawford & Co.’s integrity, Thomas W. Crawford, chief executive …
