Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report – Thursday, August 25, 2016

 

Insurers Warn Floridians to Prepare for Tropical Storm

A Tropical Storm stands an excellent chance of hitting South Florida this weekend.  An Insurance Industry Group wants Floridians to start getting ready.  Michael Moline reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.

 

FIRM Asks for Delay in Florida Windstorm Rate Hike

State-backed Citizens Property Insurance urged Florida Regulators last Thursday to back a request for an average 6.8 percent Rate Hike in Premiums to cover a surge in Water-Damage Claims.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reports via Florida Keys News.

 

FPL Seeking More Money for Storm Hardening During Rate Case

FPL is seeking a 23.3 percent base rate hike for residential customers and as much as 83 percent for some large power users such as manufacturing plants.  FPL’s $1.75 billion request for storm-hardening costs from this year through 2018 has been rolled into the rate case.   Susan Salisbury reports for the Palm Beach Post.

  

Feds Downplay Impact of Aetna Exit on Health Insurance in Florida

Consumers will still have Affordable Health Care Options even after Aetna leaves the Federal Health Care Exchange serving Florida and 10 other States at the end of the year, Federal Regulators said.  Ledyard King reports for TCPalm.com.

  

Brown & Brown Florida Office Denies EEOC Allegations of Pregnancy Discrimination

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against National Insurance Brokerage Firm Brown & Brown, based in Daytona Beach, Fla., over allegations it violated the Civil Rights Act by rescinding a job offer to a pregnant woman. Brown & Brown denies the allegations.  Amy O’Connor reports for Insurance Journal.

  

Legal Challenges Mount Over New Florida Water Standards

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida launched a legal challenge earlier in the month, the City of Miami and a Paper-Mill Industry Group also are taking aim at controversial new State Water-Quality Standards.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Saunders reports via SayfieReview.com.

  

In Florida Keys, Some Worry About Science and Government More Than Zika

Even as Federal Officials have told pregnant women to stay away from parts of Miami-Dade County because of the Zika Virus, Key Haven’s hardened position against the trial — or the experiment, as they call it — is hard to miss amid the bougainvillea and hibiscus flowering on lawns here. “No Consent to Release of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes,” Red-and-White Placards declare.  Lisette Alvarez reports for the New York Times.

 

 

 

 

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