Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report–Friday, November 7, 2014
Nov 7, 2014
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
9:00 a.m.–Florida Department of Revenue (“DOR”) Proposed Rule Hearing. Tallahassee, Florida.
- Proposed amendments to Rule 12B-8.0016, “DOR Electronic Database,” would provide reference to updates to instructions for the DOR’s Address/Jurisdiction Database used for assigning insurance premiums and policies to local tax jurisdictions. To view the hearing notice, click here.
- Proposed amendments to Rule 12B-8.003, “Tax Statement; Overpayments,” would adopt changes to forms used by the DOR in the administration of insurance premium taxes, fees and surcharges. To view the hearing notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
New map can track hurricane flooding from Florida to Maine
Published Thursday, a new National Hurricane Center map for the first time links the coast from Texas to Maine, the Miami Herald reports via Advisen.com.
Citizens Property Insurance seeks deal to move about 1,000 employees to downtown Jacksonville
About 1,000 jobs will likely be moving to downtown Jacksonville now that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has signaled its intent to centralize its operations at the EverBank Center on Bay Street. Drew Dixon reports for the Florida Times-Union.
Security First’s Werner Kruck: A Social Pioneer
The Florida homeowners’ insurance company executive proves that a tough market doesn’t mean you can’t innovate, InformationWeek.com reports.
Florida Rejects NCCI’s 3.3% Rate Decrease, Calls for Larger Cut
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty issued an order on Wednesday notifying the National Council on Compensation Insurance that its proposed 3.3 percent overall decrease in workers’ compensation rates in Florida as filed has been disapproved, Insurance Journal reports.
Florida Supreme Court ponders attorneys’ fees in workers’ comp cases
In an issue watched closely by business, labor and trial-lawyer groups, the Florida Supreme Court weighed the constitutionality of limits on attorneys’ fees in workers-compensation insurance cases. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Saunders reports via the Orlando Sentinel.
Court sides with state against Florida Hospital Orlando in Medicaid overpayment case
A Tallahassee appellate court on Thursday affirmed an order requiring Florida Hospital Orlando to repay $22,138.34 to the state for unnecessary medical services for 14 Medicaid patients, Christine Jordan Sexton reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.
Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration approved an additional 53 letters of intent for 3,115 new nursing home beds and hospice programs, Christine Jordan Sexton reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.
Florida’s premature birth rates among nation’s worst
Florida’s persistently high percentage of premature births have earned the state a grade of “D” from the March of Dimes, despite some encouraging news about women’s rates of smoking, insurance coverage and late-term births, Frank Gluck reports for the Ft. Myers News-Press.
An interactive map on how Florida voted for governor
Study Florida’s election results on the Tampa Bay Times’ interactive map.
Father and son to serve together in Florida Legislature
Jack Latvala and his son, Chris, already run the family printing business Gulf Coast Imprinting together in Largo. Now the pair will serve in the Florida Legislature together. Melissa Eichman reports for Bay News 9.
Cash sales dominate South Florida’s housing market
Cash continues to dominate home sales in South Florida, a new report shows. Paul Owers reports for the Sun-Sentinel.
FERMA Calls on European Commission to Renew Insurance Block Exemption Regulation
In a response submitted to the European Commission on Tuesday 4 November, the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has called for renewal of the Insurance Block Exemption Regulation (IBER) for (re)insurance pools, citing the need for the largest and exceptional risks continuing need for an exemption from EU competition rules, Insurance Journal reports.​
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