Florida CFO Alex Sink has questions for the insurance commissioner about the state's property insurance market....
Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems' insurance agency management software, will relocate from Orlando to the Chicago area by year-end 2010....
ACA Home Insurance Corp. is requesting an average statewide rate level increase of 20.5 percent. ...
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw today delivered a report to legislative leadership detailing the recommendations he collected from two property insurance roundtables....
The government extends secondary payer deadline to 2011....
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has decided that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida may raise its Cover Florida rates 11 percent....
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an Order to 12 entities, following an investigation into "fax blasts."...
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and Zenith National Insurance Corp. have entered into a merger agreement....
Alan Pearce has been arrested by Polk County deputies and charged with insurance-related theft....
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued cease and desist orders to three entities and their subsidiaries for the unauthorized sale of warranty products and service agreements....
Richard H. Ledbetter has been named director of information technology at Arbitration Forums....
A man falsely claiming to be a licensed insurance agent sold bogus life insurance policies to two senior citizens in Hillsborough County....
Jack McDermott has been appointed Director of Communications. McDermott has been the acting communications director since July 2009. ...
Florida Peninsula Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Florida Peninsula Insurance Company, has completed its acquisition of Edison Insurance Group, including its two subsidiaries....
The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology, Windstorm Mitigation Committee has issued a draft report of its recommendations for fixing the wind mitigation credit program. ...
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw calls on lawmakers to reject the "Consumer Choice" bill aimed at property insurance....
The public is invited to weigh in on windstorm mitigation credits at a Jan. 25 hearing....
Medical costs per workers' compensation claim increased in Florida in 2005 and 2006, new study reveals....
Florida CFO Alex Sink has appointed John Askins the new director of the Division of Insurance Fraud....
UnitedHealthcare’s Golden Rule Insurance Co. has joined with the National National Association for the Self-Employed to offer personal health insurance options to the self-employed in Florida and 19 other states....
Lewis & Clark LTC RRG, Inc., of Atlanta, a national provider of liability insurance to long-term care facilities, has merged with Sophia Palmer Nurses RRG, Inc. ...
Insurers seeking limited apportionment company status for 2010 must petition the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation within the first 90 days of 2010. Applications received after March 31 will not be considered....
Leaders from various stakeholder groups will participate in a major health-care summit on January 11....
According to its annual report, the Office of Insurance Regulation considers Florida's workers' compensation market to be in good shape....
The Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), a nonprofit insurance provider for government entities in Florida, has released results of its 2009-2010 business cycle....
Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw is convening a gathering of heavy hitters to discuss the current property appraisal process. ...
Announcement on State Farm expected today....
An agreement between State Farm and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation means that the carrier will remain in the state and get a rate hike....
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty takes another leadership position with NAIC....
Wells Fargo has bought iLeader, a single-office insurance brokerage in Tampa...
Insurance regulators in Florida and California take a stand on Iran-related investments....
The Board of Directors of Zenith National Insurance Corp. today declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.50 per share on its outstanding shares of common stock....
Jacksonville-based Main Street America Group has finalized a deal that expands its reach further into Indiana....
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Division of Driver Licenses has issued an advisory regarding a glitch in the Division's database.
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Carol Sipe will succeed Rick Hodges at Summit in Lakeland....
Homeowners Choice, Inc., the Clearwater-based insurance holding company, reports that net income for the third quarter....
Medical tourism is on the rise. According to a comprehensive new study by Grail Research in Cambridge, Mass., people are traveling internationally in search of more affordable health-care, better quality care, and better access to care. ...
AlphaStaff Group, Inc., of Ft. Lauderdale has executed an agreement with Selective Insurance Group, Inc., to acquire its Sarasota, Fla.-based PEO subsidiary, Selective HR Solutions, Inc....
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration recently previewed the first phase of two new Internet-based programs for storing personal health records — Florida Health eBook and My Florida eBaby Book. ...
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