Last Thursday afternoon proved to be a very pleasant and most informative afternoon for me. ...more

August 7, 2008

Two powerful health trade groups will begin airing dueling ads this week in their fight over Medicare, hoping to influence Congress as lawmakers face pressure to reverse scheduled cuts in doctor fees. ...more

July 2, 2008

Employer health care costs are poised to rise 9.9 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and an additional 9.6 percent in 2009, said a report released Tuesday by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. ...more

June 18, 2008

The bills for the wicked hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 are still coming in, and Floridians with insurance policies covering everything from autos to boats to homes will have to dig deeper to cover the tab. ...more

June 11, 2008

After bone cancer forced the amputation of her right leg below the knee, Eileen Casey got even more bad news: Her insurer told her that she had spent her $10,000 lifetime coverage limit on her temporary limb and that the company wouldn't pay for a permanent one. ...more

June 10, 2008

Six private insurance companies have been authorized to take 100,000 homeowners policies from state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation announced Wednesday. ...more

May 21, 2008

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a bid by Gulf state senators to add wind coverage to a financially strapped federal program that provides flood insurance. ...more

May 8, 2008

To some investors, pumping money into a new Florida insurance company must be as attractive as investing in Florida real estate right now. The potential upside is great, but you also might fall off a cliff. ...more

May 7, 2008

Faster payments of undisputed claims and an extension of the freeze on rates paid by customers of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are among the mandates contained in a property insurance deal between House and Senate Republicans. ...more

May 2, 2008

House legislation that initially pitted the needs of developmentally disabled children against those of the poor now contains reforms that advocates for poor children were seeking all along. ...more

May 2, 2008