http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Insurance 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:52 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1346091.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1346091.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:21 EST If you got a discount from your windstorm insurance company for installing shutters and other hurricane protections on your home, you might soon have to give some or all of it back. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1343952.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1343952.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:37 EST Mobile homeowners insured by state-backed Citizens Property Insurance will see an 11 percent increase on their insurance policies in 2010.<p/> Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty signed an order Thursday establishing rates for the Citizens high-risk accounts. The approved rates are close to those requested by Citizens at a rate hearing earlier this month. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1330836.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1330836.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00 EST State Farm might not pull out of Florida's homeowners insurance market after all, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty said Thursday.<p/> McCarty said he's ``cautiously optimistic'' that State Farm will keep at least some of its homeowners policys in Florida. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1327066.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1327066.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The state's insurance regulators sharply questioned Citizens Property Insurance officials Tuesday, challenging a proposed rate hike for high-risk policyholders with wind protection. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1302193.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1302193.html Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:22 EDT Workers' compensation insurance rates will drop 6.8 percent, effective Jan. 1, based on a final report issued Monday by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1297858.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1297858.html Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Florida's public insurance company reversed course this week and said it will cover a couple's Gulf Coast retirement home, after previously telling the homeowners their policy wouldn't be renewed because of the home's tainted Chinese drywall. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1291058.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1291058.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:52 EDT State regulators will hold a public hearing Tuesday on Citizens Property Insurance's request to boost policyholders' premiums by up to 10 percent starting in January. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1289651.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1289651.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:57 EDT A public adjuster accused of stealing more than $100,000 from three South Florida seniors was arrested for the third time this year.<p/> Bernard Benaim's arrest last week was for approaching homeowners about repairs and improvements, assuring them he could get money for the repairs. The state's chief financial officer said Benaim, 35, had the homeowners sign contracts that said they would give him 10 percent of the claim payment. Instead, the state said, Benaim pocketed all of the insurance money. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1271820.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1271820.html Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:00 EDT Nationwide Insurance of Florida won't renew 60,000 homeowners policies across the state, including 10,660 in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Monroe counties. http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1242477.html http://www.miamiherald.com/business/insurance/story/1242477.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:00 EDT Homeowners shopping for insurance in South Florida have a few options, so they don't have to buy coverage from Citizens Property Insurance, the expensive state-run insurer.