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DISCLAIMER
Listing these organizations
does not imply my endorsement, nor my rejection for that matter, of any one
of them. Throughout my professional career, I have been
told by people who retain me that they retain me BECAUSE I make an effort to
research and understand all sides to any Insurance Issue. It is in that
spirit that these organizations are listed here, for your convenience and
for your ease of access to them. Subscription or membership may be required
by one or more of these organizations in order to access all or part
of their sites.
FLORIDA INSURANCE-RELATED RESEARCH
RESOURCES LINKS:
Florida Court Decisions: Decisions of various Florida Courts
including the Supreme Court of Florida and all five (5) of Florida's
District Courts of Appeal
can be accessed publicly beginning on this web page:
www.flcourts.org.
Florida Statutes: Access and searchability as provided by the Florida
Legislature at: www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes.
Florida INSURANCE Statutes: Access and searchability as provided by the
Legislature of the State of Florida at:
www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=
Display_Index&Title_Request=XXXVII#TitleXXXVII.
Session Laws of a sitting
session of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives: Together, the two Chambers
of the Florida Legislature operate a site that provides access to things
like Florida Statutes, Florida Laws and, when they are in session, Session
Laws passing through either Chamber:
www.leg.state.fl.us.
The Florida Administrative Code: The "FAC"
includes rules and regulations put out by the Florida Office of Insurance
Regulation, previously called the Florida Department of Insurance:
www.floir.com
.
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation ("OIR"): Previously called the
Florida Department of Insurance. This site contains a host of posts and
links
including Company Licensing, an Insurance Company Search, Business Units of
the OIR, OIR Required Filing & Reporting, OIR Rule Hearings
/Workshops, the Florida Statutes, the Florida Administrative Code, a Small
Employer Sample Rate Search, and the OIR's Professional Liability Closed
Claims Database: www.floir.com .
Insurance Agents and Agencies: Information maintained by the Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation that is available to and about Insurance Agents and
Agencies
in the State of Florida can be found at
www.fldfs.com/Agents/.
ORGANIZATIONS WHICH CAN
OR DO AFFECT INSURANCE WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA:
The Florida Bar:
www.floridabar.org
Florida Association of
Insurance Agents:
www.faia.com.
Florida Insurance Council, a
group associated with advancing the interests of Insurance Companies,
various Agents or Brokers and Builders and Contractors, in Florida: insuringflorida.org.
Florida Consumer Action
Network: This is a self-description contained on their site: "The Florida
Consumer Action Network is a grassroots organization which empowers citizens
to influence public policy by organizing and educating in areas where
consumer voices are underrepresented." This is a link to the site:
www.fcan.org .
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate: This new post is currently located in
the Florida Department of Financial Services. The office was made by
enactment of Florida Statute § 627.0613. Here is a link to the statute:
www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0627/SEC0613.HTM&Title=-%3E2006-%3ECh0627-%3ESection%200613#0627.0613
.
Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation:
www.citizensfla.com
INSURANCE-RELATED
RESEARCH RESOURCES OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA:
National Association of Insurance Commissioners'
Information Source site: www.naic.org. Helpful information which may be obtained from
this
national site can include a Company Search which may provide financial
information, if available, including key annual statement data, a financial
profile and data
about business written, assets and liabilities; Closed Consumer Complaint
data, which may furnish reports maintained within the NAIC related to Closed
Complaint
Counts By State, Complaint Counts By Code, Complaint Ratio Report, and
Complaint Trend Report by year with the count change displayed in
percentages; Financial Information, and information reflecting whether a
selected Insurance Company is writing business in particular states.
National Flood Insurance Program and FEMA:
www.fema.gov/business/nfip/
ORGANIZATIONS POTENTIALLY
AND ACTUALLY AFFECTING INSURANCE THROUGHOUT THE NATION:
American Association for
Justice: www.justice.org,
formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (www.atla.org).
Defense Research Institute: www.dri.org.
Consumer Federation of America
tab for "Insurance" (go from there as you may wish):
www.consumerfed.org/topics.cfm?section=Finance&topic=Insurance
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