Ruling Calls Fla. Insurance Office Rules Into Question

A Florida appeals court ruled this week that the state's Office of Insurance Regulation improperly attempted to impose new rate-making rules in property and casualty cases, a decision that insurers say could bring into question the validity of any rules adopted by the agency since 2003. The Florida First District Court of Appeal on Tuesday affirmed a May 26 ruling by Administrative Law Judge Diane Cleavinger that the insurance office improperly exercised legislative authority in publishing proposed rules that changed the way the agency handles rate cases because it published the rules witho...