Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, August 20, 2015
Aug 20, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
There are no insurance-related events scheduled for today.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
New hole opens up at site of fatal Florida sinkhole
Another sinkhole opened Wednesday in the exact location where one swallowed a man as he slept in his bed more than two years ago, Florida emergency responders said. The Associated Press’ Tamara Lush reports via the Orlando Sentinel.
Tampa Tops RMS Post-Katrina Coastal Flood Risk Study
A decade after Hurricane Katrina caused $41 billion in property/casualty insurance losses, the most expensive catastrophe for the global insurance industry, rising sea levels are driving up expected economic and insurance losses from hurricane-driven storm surge in coastal cities across the United States, according to RMS, the catastrophe risk management firm. Insurance Journal reports.
Florida Insurance Chief Calls on National Flood Insurance Program to Hand Over Its Data
In his ongoing efforts to foster a competitive private flood insurance market in Florida, Senator Jeff Brandes recently requested help from the state’s Office of Insurance Regulation to obtain data from the federal government that justify the rates the National Flood Insurance Program charges Floridians for their for flood insurance coverage, Right Street’s Christian Camara blogs via Insurance Journal.
Judge rules State Farm Auto Insurance lawsuit to return to Louisiana from Florida
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced yesterday that the lawsuit he filed against State Farm Auto Insurance will return to Louisiana after it was moved to Florida, Alyssa Schneider reports for WAFB-TV.
Hillsborough commissioner rails against ridesharing nemesis Uber
Hillsborough County Commissioner Victor Crist, who also serves as the chairman of Hillsborough’s taxi-regulating Public Transportation Commission, railed against Uber at yesterday’s Commission meeting, the Tampa Bay Times’ Caitlin Johnson reports.
Florida Man Gets 6 Years for Staging Car Crashes, Filing False Claims
A 50-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, man has been sentenced to six years in prison for staging car crashes. The Associated Press reports via Insurance Journal.
In First Year, Florida Laws Reduced Amount of Opioids Prescribed, Study Finds
Two Florida laws, enacted to fight prescription drug abuse and misuse in that state, led to a small but significant decrease in the amount of opioids prescribed the first year the laws were in place, a new study suggests. Insurance Journal reports.
Grimsley to introduce series of high-profile health care bills
Florida Senator Denise Grimsley told POLITICO Florida on Wednesday that she will introduce four high-profile health-care bills in the 2016 Legislative Session, Christine Jordan Sexton reports.
Florida Legislature now has two different maps to sort out
The Republican-controlled Florida Legislature now has two rival maps for Congress, the Associated Press reports via SaintPetersBlog.com.
- Senate OKs New Congressional Map; House Set to Review
- Redistricting chairs huddle after Senate approves map
- Senate Democrats request separate legal team in redistricting
- A Democratic casualty of the court and redistricting remains upbeat about her future
GOP chair takes lead in House coup
The chairman of the Florida Republican Party, State Representative Blaise Ingoglia, is circulating a letter of “condemnation” to fellow freshman House Republicans as part of a coup to topple a future leader of the chamber, according to an email obtained by POLITICO Florida, Marc Caputo reports.
Governor says Florida nearly out of money to lure jobs
Governor Rick Scott, reigniting a budget fight with the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature, says the state is nearly out of money to lure companies to Florida. Gary Fineout reports via SaintPetersBlog.com.
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