Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, November 10
Nov 10, 2011
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
9:00 a.m.–Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association Audit Committee meeting. To view the meeting notice, click here.
9:00 a.m.–Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Long-Term Managed Care Technical Advisory Workgroup meeting. Continued discussion on the process of Medicaid eligibility. To view the meeting notice, click here.
(CANCELED) 10:00 a.m.–FSLSO National Clearinghouse Committee meeting. Agenda includes issues pertaining to the proposed national surplus lines tax clearinghouse. To view the meeting notice, click here.
3:30 p.m.–Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association Finance Committee meeting. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Citizens Property Insurance plans to raise premiums for the most valuable condominium associations by a statewide average of 19 percent on policies that cover fire, theft, hurricanes and other risks.
Governor Rick Scott vows to reform auto insurance
Governor Rick Scott is vowing to make changes that will combat fraud in Florida’s no fault auto insurance system.
In an email to CMS staff, Department of Health Secretary Frank Farmer says he knows staff is “concerned” but that he wants them to know he’s personally committed to serving Florida’s “most vulnerable population, our children.”
Florida moves toward allowing 12th university
A branch campus of the University of South Florida will be allowed to become an independent university – but only if it meets a list of goals, the Florida Board of Governors decided Wednesday night.
Blog: Florida Senate to workshop casinos bill next week
The Senate Regulated Industries Committee will hold the first of two three-hour workshop on the destination resorts proposal on Wednesday, committee chairman Dennis Jones, D-Seminole, said.
Florida GOP will ask judge to dismiss former party chairman Jim Greer suit
At a hearing tomorrow morning, attorneys for the Republican Party of Florida will ask a judge to throw out Jim Greer’s revived lawsuit against them.
New bill ‘inspired’ by Tenth Amendment Center would exempt state from federal commerce rules
State Representative Matt Caldwell, R-Fort Meyers, and Senator Greg Evers, R-Pensacola, are together attempting to curb the power and scope of the federal government.
Growth-law panelists predict legislative tinkering in years ahead
Attorney Nancy Linnan said legislators won’t want to see growth management this year, but there may be other issues that arise in coming years.
Sadowski Housing Coalition looks to prevent affordable housing trust fund raid this year
Supporters of state-funded affordable housing for the poor and elderly are hoping to reverse the trend of lawmakers using the trust fund to help out the state’s bottom line.
New report grades Florida cities’ public employee pension plans
The relative financial health of the 208 pension plans for public employees and elected officials of Florida’s 100 largest cities have been analyzed and graded in a report released Wednesday by the LeRoy Collins Institute.
Former House member Thomas A. ‘Tommy’ Stevens Sr. dies at 80
Former state House member, citrus grower and insurance executive Thomas A. “Tommy” Stevens Sr. of Tallahassee died Sunday.
Mike Chaney Wins Another Term As Mississippi Insurance Commissioner
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has won re-election with more than 60 percent of the vote.
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Meeting: ORSA Manual Progresses but Concerns Remain
A manual to be used to implement the proposed Own Risk and Solvency Assessment requirement for property and casualty insurance holding companies has been sent up the ranks at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners meeting.
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