The ongoing recession has hit workers' compensation carriers hard, causing nearly a quarter of the market's premiums to evaporate and cutting profitability by as much as half in the past two years, experts in the field reported here.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright will be the keynote speaker at the CPCU 66th Annual Meeting and Seminars Sept. 25-28 at the Orlando World Center Marriott.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Cease and Desist Order to the Association of Independent Mangers for the sale of unauthorized health insurance plans.
With apologies to William Shakespeare, the truncated special legislative session called by the newly independent Gov. Charlie Crist was a tragedy, not a comedy.
Humana Inc., has named Tim Love president of its Florida commercial operations. He is Humana's senior commercial executive for the company's Florida markets, which include South Florida, Central Florida and North Florida.
"I'd like my life back." Oh, my goodness. You could almost hear the collective gasp of every journalist, PR person, and blogger when BP CEO Tony Hayward uttered those words on May 30.
State legislatures, regulatory agencies, and rate makers have been busy lately enacting, tweaking, and doing away with various workers' compensation laws, rules and rates.