Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Friday, September 18, 2015
Sep 18, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
There are no insurance-related events scheduled for today.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Establishes Citizens Commercial Lines Rates
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an Order establishing the 2016 commercial lines rates for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Owner claims State lying; Tampa retirees suffer
The owners of University Village claim Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation is lying about its concerns that the high end Tampa retirement community is a victim of embezzlement and fraud. Steve Andrews reports for WFLA-TV.
Confirmed tornado touched down in Davie
A tornado touched down inside a Davie residential development Wednesday evening and lightning struck a home about six miles away in separate weather-related incidents. The Sun-Sentinel’s Erika Pesantes reports.
Uber stuck in neutral in Broward
After spending a year fashioning tough regulations for ride-booking service Uber, Broward County commissioners unraveled the new rules Thursday evening, the Sun-Sentinel’s Brittany Wallman reports.
Florida House lawyers ask Florida Supreme Court to let them question Democrat map drawer
Arguing that “neither political party holds a monopoly on gerrymandering,” lawyers for the Florida House on Thursday asked the Florida Supreme Court to allow them to ask the redistricting challengers questions about the Democrat-leaning firms that drew their proposed congressional map. The Miami Herald’s Mary Ellen Klas reports.
Florida’s sunny budget picture gets a little darker on further review
The robust $635.4 million budget surplus lawmakers face next year shrunk a bit Thursday when a state economist warned the Senate Appropriations Committee that the bulk of the cash is one-time money. The Palm Beach Post’s John Kennedy reports for the “Post on Politics” blog.
Governor Rick Scott, Legislature on collision course over school funding
Governor Rick Scott’s education team is promising a “historic” increase in per-student spending in Florida schools next year. But to do that, Scott’s advisers want to shift more of the burden of paying for schools from the state to local homeowners through higher property taxes, setting up a new confrontation with the Republican-controlled Senate, Steve Bousquet reports for the Miami Herald.
Home flipping increasing in Florida again
Florida’s chief economist Amy Baker told the Florida Senate’s Appropriations committee that Florida’s housing recovery has started to attract home flippers again, the Tampa Bay Times’ Jeremy Wallace reports.
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