A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2020
3min690
A pandemic loophole panics businesses.
Tag: OIR
A.G. GancarskiApril 24, 2020
Ryan NicolDecember 24, 2019
5min504
Wright's measure tacks onto an effort from state Reps. Jackie Toledo and Randy Fine to increase oversight of PBMs.
Ryan NicolOctober 25, 2019
4min484
Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier submitted an order on the issue Thursday.
Staff ReportsOctober 21, 2019
2min454
Bakofsky's appointment is effective Monday.
Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2016
3min189
NFIB/Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle on Wednesday criticized workers’ compensation insurers for pushing through a 14.5 percent rate increase this month. Herrle called the increase “massive” and said it would “undoubtedly hurt small businesses by threatening their ability to keep their doors open and employ Floridians.” The National Federation of Independent Business calls itself “the nation’s leading small-business advocacy group,” according […]
Guest AuthorJuly 26, 2016
5min284
Hats off to Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James. Her forum on the explosion of water claims, held June 14 in Boca Raton, shows determination to help consumers despite politics that have blocked even one floor debate in the Florida Legislature. Water losses could be the worst consumer rip-off ever. Reports from the Office of Insurance […]
Jim RosicaApril 29, 2016
5min322
Insurance-related concerns reacted with cautious optimism to Friday’s naming of David Altmaier as Florida’s new Insurance Commissioner. “The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida is committed to working with the new commissioner to increase the health and stability of the property and casualty insurance market in Florida,’’ Executive Director Michael Carlson said in a statement. The […]
Jim RosicaApril 29, 2016
5min1137
A 34-year-old former high school math teacher was named Friday to be the next Florida Insurance Commissioner. David Altmaier, currently a deputy commissioner at the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), starts on Monday. Altmaier, who will be paid $165,000 a year, began at OIR as an insurance examiner in 2008. The selection caps off weeks of […]
Jim RosicaApril 29, 2016
5min332
Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet are supposed to meet Friday to pick the state’s new Insurance Commissioner. But except for Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, none of them will actually be there. The rest, including Scott, will be phoning it in. Friday’s get-together (or lack thereof) is a last-minute emergency meeting, called by the […]
Jim RosicaApril 26, 20163min527
A second Florida Cabinet meeting has ended with no agreement on a new state Insurance Commissioner. Gov. Rick Scott and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater again deadlocked on Tuesday, further stalling the process. In a near replay of the last meeting, an intransigent Scott again moved to hire retired insurance executive Jeffrey Bragg. An equally intransigent Atwater declined […]