Capitol to Courthouse Daily Florida Insurance Report: Friday, February 18
Feb 18, 2011
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- Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
- Daily Florida Insurance-Related Bills Filed for 2011
- Daily Insurance-Related News
Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
- 11:00 a.m. — FWCJUA Rates and Forms Committee meeting. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related Bills Filed for 2011
SB 1182 relating to the State Board of Administration by Senator Jeremy Ring
SB 1182 would authorize the State Board of Administration (“Board”) to invest the assets of a governmental entity in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund without a trust agreement with that governmental entity. The bill provides that certain investments made by the Board under a trust agreement are subject only to the restrictions and limitations contained in the trust agreement and clarifies provisions prohibiting certain conflicts of interest by investment advisers and managers retained by the Board. Effective date: July 1, 2011
Blog: Lawmakers debate cutting a key tool for insurance regulators
Legislators on a House budget committee debated an idea Wednesday to eliminate the state’s public model to predict hurricanes that regulators use to check how insurers calculate premiums.
Gainesville insurance agent saves senior citizen from further loss after $17,000 con
A skeptical insurance company employee apparently kept an elderly Gainesville man from losing $4,000 more in a scam that had already cost him an estimated $17,000, according to the Gainesville Police Department.
Feds want clarification of federal judge’s health care ruling in Florida
Shortly after a Florida judge ruled the federal health care reform legislation unconstitutional, Florida sent back to the federal government $2 million in grants intended to help put some elements of the law in place.
Proposal to limit state revenue advances through Senate
The Florida Senate has moved one step closer to letting voters decide whether to place a constitutional limit on the growth of the state budget.
Florida Senate unveils bills to revamp pension plans
The state Senate rolled out its plan to revamp city and state pension plans, drawing immediate opposition from Florida’s largest law enforcement union.
- Blog: More pushback to Scott — Budget chief says state plane sale broke the law
- Blog: Veto-proof majority of Senate rebukes Rick Scott over high-speed rail
- Blog: 26 Florida Senators rebuke Rick Scott over bullet train
Florida lawmakers have one week to cobble together a complicated deal that would give the $2.4 billion Gov. Rick Scott rejected Wednesday to another entity, such as Amtrak. But it would require approval of Scott, Sen. Bill Nelson just announced.
Florida high court says overloaded system needs 90 judges.
A state court system “under duress” from a reduced budget, diminished staffing and rising caseloads driven by a record number of mortgage foreclosures requires an additional 37 circuit judges and 53 extra county judges for the upcoming fiscal year, the Florida Supreme Court concludes in a report released Thursday.
Spill claims administrator meeting Florida lawmakers
The embattled administrator of a $20 billion fund to pay claims from Gulf of Mexico oil spill victims is meeting with a Florida legislative panel.
Blog: Democrats slam Medicaid reform as “stimulus” for Scott’s chain of clinics
The Florida Democratic Party took aim today at the Republican “rush to privatize Medicaid.”
Blog: Gibbons, Thurston urged to make a deal on Democratic leadership
Democratic Representatives Franklin Sands and Luis Garcia sent a letter this month to Joe Gibbons and Perry Thurston to work out their differences and determine who will lead the caucus before the session begins next month.
Pro-choice advocates say Trujillo bill threatens to “chip away” at Roe v. Wade
House bill 321, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, filed yesterday by state Representative Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, represents the first time the Florida legislature has filed a bill to restrict abortion beyond 20 weeks.
Medical liability bill approved by U.S. House committee
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 18-15 to approve the medical liability reform bill that Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., a physician, introduced late last month.
The Government Accountability Office has sounded the alarm on National Flood Insurance Program shortcomings, and has called on Congress to restructure the program
Lawmakers question Texas Windstorm Insurance Association severance packages
State lawmakers plan to grill officials of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association on Tuesday, following the revelation that the insurer is paying more than $160,000 in severance to two top claims supervisors who left in December.
Dodd-Frank tensions headline U.S. Senate hearing
Republicans escalated their push to delay and defund the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms on Thursday as top regulators warned the U.S. Senate Banking Committee of a staff and funding crunch.
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