Tim Meenan appeared November 4, 2011 on the WTXL Channel 27 Morning News program promoting the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction and Wine Extravaganza. Mr. Meenan serves as chair for the March of Dimes event this year. The event should raise more than $100,000 to help provide research funds to prevent premature births in [...]
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State Wants to Delay Health Insurance Rebates - Waiver would allow companies, not individuals, to keep the money – by Ledyard King, Democrat Washington Bureau – October 29, 2011 WASHINGTON — Florida is asking the federal government to delay a requirement that health insurers use at least 80 cents of every dollar in premium money to pay [...]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced the addition of Michelle Robleto to the Office’s senior staff. Ms. Robleto will serve as the new Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Life and Health Insurance. “Michelle Robleto is a consummate professional with an outstanding reputation in the health insurance industry, and as a public servant [...]
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Joy Ryan planned and moderated a panel at FAHP annual conference discussing the changing relationships between agents and health plans in Florida due to health care reform, the role of the Internet and other developments within our industry. The panel discussion highlighted the challenges facing health plans and agents in the age of internet exchanges [...]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced the following staff changes at the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office): Richard Koon has been appointed Deputy Commissioner for Property & Casualty, succeeding Al Willis who has accepted a position as the Assistant Division Director of the Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation under the [...]
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The Workforce plus for Leon, Gadsden and Wakulla counties honored outgoing Chairman and Firm Partner Tim Meenan by naming its new state of the art 24 seat computer training center the “Timothy J. Meenan, Esq. Training Center.” The announcement was made at the quarterly Board meeting of Workforce plus on June 9, 2011. Kim Moore, [...]
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Senior Insurance Regulatory Shareholder Tim Meenan appeared on a panel before the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund annual “Participating Insurers Workshop” in Orlando on May 24, 2011. Meenan served with Cecil Pearce, President of the Florida Insurance Council, and Jeff Grady, CEO of the Florida Association of Independent Insurance Agents, to discuss trends in the Florida [...]
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Sales of motor vehicle service contracts (extended warranties) in the first quarter of 2011 are tracking ahead of sales during the same timeframe last year, a likely result of this quarter’s marked increase in automotive sales, according to the Service Contract Industry Council (SCIC). Sales of cars and light trucks in the [...]
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The full Florida Senate today passed a 2012 ballot issue offered in response to President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul. In a strong signal to Washington, the HEALTH CARE FREEDOM ACT was the first bill passed by the Senate in the 2011 session. The proposed state constitutional amendment (SJR 2) is sponsored by Senate [...]
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CFO Atwater’s News Release TALLAHASSEE- At a press conference today in Miami, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater joined Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle to announce the results of Operation Dark Horizon, the largest Personal Injury Protection (PIP) bust since the CFO took office. The Miami-based investigation by Atwater’s Division of Insurance Fraud [...]
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