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Michael MolineMay 14, 2018

Details of insurance claims gleaned for the ongoing battle against assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse are “trade secrets” that should be shielded from public view, a new lawsuit says. Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. recently filed in Leon County Circuit Civil court against the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), seeking to block it from complying with a public records […]

Michael MolineDecember 1, 2016

A state appeals court allowed a 14.5 percent increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums to take effect on schedule Thursday, amid legal scrambling over whether the hike was illegal. The 1st District Court of Appeal acted even before a trial judge could decide on a request to delay her ruling last week invalidating the increase under […]

Michael MolineSeptember 6, 2016

Florida regulators have agreed to allow private companies take over nearly 70,000 policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer of last resort. “The Office of Insurance Regulation has determined that these companies have the experience and financial security to offer takeout policies for this number of policies,” Michael Peltier, a spokesman for Citizens, […]

Tag: Office of insurance

Info used to combat AOB abuse triggers lawsuit over ‘secrets’

Appeals court allows workers’ compensation premium hike to take effect

Regulators OK shift of 70,000 policies from Citizens Insurance