No more fast track review for residential property insurance policies
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Office of Insurance Regulation
New Year to Bring Continued Discussion of Property Issues
The beginning of a new year always brings with it an acceleration of Florida’s consideration of key public policy issues affecting the insurance industry. Activity in Tallahassee slows down in the second half of December, soon followed by the realization that the next legislation will be here quickly. For the property insurance industry, this means […]
Personal Lines Forms Certification Process to End
As 2013 draws to a close, so will the process by which personal lines insurers may certify their forms’ compliance with the Florida Insurance Code. Through a series of orders, the Office of Insurance Regulation has allowed property and casualty insurers in most lines of business to certify their forms’ compliance with applicable requirements, thereby […]
Rebecca Matthews Named OIR Chief of Staff While Monte Stevens Becomes Deputy
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that Rebecca Matthews has been appointed as the Office of Insurance Regulation’s Chief of Staff. She has been serving as interim Chief of Staff since Audrey Brown’s departure in earlier this year. Ms. Matthews has been with the OIR since 2008. During her time with the agency, she has been involved […]
OIR Adopts 2013 Profit and Contingency Factors
The Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an order adopting its profit and contingency factors for 2013. As set forth in the order, the OIR publishes the profit and contingency factors for insurers to use of they are unable to produce credible profit and contingency factors from their own data. The factors for key lines […]
Citizens changes tack, will cover homes with prior sinkhole claims
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, homeowners, sinkhole insurance, residential insurance, Office of Insurance Regulation
Florida Regulator, Blues Plan Agree To Insurance Fix Proposed By Obama
Affordable Care Act, Office of Insurance Regulation, Kevin McCarty, Health Care
Fla. Senate panel hears diverse views on PIP
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Lawmakers try again to clean up auto insurance fraud
PIP, auto insurance, Florida Legislature, Office of Insurance Regulation
Some home insurers seek rate decreases
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