Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, July 25
Jul 25, 2013
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
9:00 a.m.–Florida Cabinet meeting
- Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) agenda
- For publication
- Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-137.001 would adopt the 2012 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Annual Statement Instructions Manual. To view the hearing notice, click here.
- Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-138.001 would adopt the 2013 NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook. To view the hearing notice, click here.
- Proposed Rule 69O-142.022 would develop the “Notice of Estimated Premium Impacts from the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” required by CS/SB 1842, which amended s.627.410, F.S. The Notice will be required to be sent to all individual and small group non-grandfathered health plans or health maintenance organizations. To view the hearing notice, click here.
- For publication
5:30 p.m.–OIR Public Hearing. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida re-organization plan. Miami, Florida. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
Florida Governor, business groups speak out against eliminating tax break for reinsurers
Gov. Rick Scott is joining insurance industry groups, consumer advocacy organizations, business lobby groups and other trade organizations opposing a move in Congress to eliminate tax breaks for insurance companies, The Florida Current’s Gray Rohrer reports.
Governor Scott seeks disaster declaration for Panhandle flood damage
Gov. Rick Scott asked President Barack Obama on Wednesday for help with costs of repairing millions of dollars in damages caused by severe rain storms earlier this month, Chris Olwell reports for the Panama City News-Herald.
No deadline for Florida Medicaid expansion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says
Washington Wednesday reminded Tallahassee that it’s not too late to expand Medicaid, The Florida Current’s James Call reports.
Media blitz coming to Florida for online health exchange
In less than three months, uninsured Floridians will be able to purchase medical insurance online under a new federal health law. Making sure average citizens understand how it works will be a Herculean task accompanied by a massive marketing blitz promoting the biggest expansion of the social safety net since Medicare, the Associated Press reports in the Panama City News-Herald.
Florida insurers retain millions of life insurance policyholder payouts
The state of Florida has put the squeeze on some of the nation’s biggest life insurance companies to hand over benefits from almost 96,000 unclaimed policies worth more than $75 million — money that might be yours, Jay Weaver reports for the Miami Herald via Bradenton Herald.
Florida delegation divided on failed effort to limit National Security data collection
The U.S. House on Wednesday narrowly defeated a measure to curtail data collection by the National Security Agency, and Florida’s delegation showed the odd alliances, Alex Leary reports for Tampa Bay Times.
Residency of All Legislators Under Review
Legislative leadership wants to know where House and Senate members are when they say they’re at home, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reports in SunshineStateNews.com.
Blog: Federal court dismisses Florida voter purge lawsuit
A federal court has thrown out a challenge to the state’s controversial “voter purge” program, allowing the state to move forward with its plan to continue cleaning the voter rolls of non-citizens who were illegally registered to vote, Kathleen Haughney reports for the Orlando Sentinel.
Senior arcades revived in South Florida
More than three months after a new state law forced senior arcades into retirement, the low-stakes, adults-only gaming venues are re-emerging across South Florida, with their owners and patrons playing by a new set of rules, Nick Sortal reports for the Sun-Sentinel.
Google Maps to feature Florida beaches
Florida’s tourism marketing group is joining one of the world’s biggest tech companies to capture images of 825 miles of Florida beaches and have them accessible to anyone in the world, Justine Griffin reports for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
New York Regulator Expands Probe into Reinsurers’ Iran Ties
New York’s top financial regulator has expanded a probe into whether reinsurance companies have written policies on international trade with Iran, which could potentially violate new U.S. sanctions, Reuters reports in PropertyCasualty360.com.
Study Concludes Arctic Methane Release Could Cost Economy Trillions
A release of methane in the Arctic could speed the melting of sea ice and climate change with a cost to the global economy of up to $60 trillion over coming decades, according to a paper published in the journal Nature, Nina Chestney reports in Insurance Journal.
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