Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, July 23, 2015.
Jul 23, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
A.M. Best Special Report: Florida Property Insurers Remain Untested
The property insurance market in Florida has significantly shifted in market share as Citizens Property Insurance-the state-run property insurance company-continues to depopulate and move policyholders to the private market, which has increasingly seen the emergence of newly formed, in-state writers, A.M. Best reports via Insurance Journal.
Governor’s healthcare commission to meet in Miami, examine hospital profits
A commission formed by Governor Rick Scott to delve into health-care funding issues will meet Thursday in Miami and hear a presentation from Jackson Health System President and CEO Carlos Migoya and insurance officials. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via WLRN.
Miami insurance agent arrested on fraud charges after bilking clients out of $80,000
A Miami insurance agent faces several felony fraud and grand theft charges after detectives say he stole more than $80,000 from four clients by giving them fake policy documents, the Florida Department of Financial Services’ Division of Insurance Fraud announced Wednesday. The Miami Herald’s Carli Teproff reports.
Buena Vista responds to insurance company’s request on Vista Links golf course
The city of Buena Vista’s is still fighting over collateral with an insurance company, WDBJ-TV7’s Nadine Maeser reports.
Florida’s large power users seek to opt-out of millions in energy fees
Wal-Mart Stores, Sam’s Club, grocery store chains, chemical, pulp, paper, cement and phosphate plants and other large power users want to opt out of energy efficiency fees all utility customers pay to the state’s investor-owned electric utilities. Susan Salisbury reports for the Palm Beach Post.
Florida Department of Health Announces New Legal Pot Director
In the wake of the exit of Patti Nelson – who had served at the helm of the Florida Department of Health’s nascent Office of Compassionate Use since its inception in 2014 – the agency has named a replacement just two days later, SaintPetersBlog.com’s Ryan Ray reports.
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