Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Thursday, September 8, 2015
Oct 8, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
- 9:00 a.m.–Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology Flood Standards Development Committee meeting. Tallahassee, Florida. Teleconference: (888) 670-3525; conference code: 7135858151. Agenda includes discussion of working draft flood standards definitions and process for on-site visits for feedback on the “Discussion Flood Standards.” To view the meeting notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
Florida’s Prepared Insurance Integrates Verisk Product Bundle to Support Planned Expansion
Verisk Insurance Solutions, a leading source of information about property/casualty insurance risk, announced that Prepared Insurance Company has integrated Verisk’s underwriting analytics into its policy management system to support expansion into new states.
New Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate seeks input on medical billing
Florida’s new Insurance Consumer Advocate, Sha’Ron James, is inviting the public to report experiences, questions and complaints about unexpected medical bills that often result from emergency care. The Sun-Sentinel’s Ron Hurtibise reports.
Florida Medicaid Kids Miss Out On Dentist
Children who get health insurance through Medicaid go to the dentist about half as often as children in Florida who have private insurance, according to a new study out from the American Dental Association and the Health Policy Institute. WLRN’s Sammy Mack reports.
Bill would allow Florida churches to say no to gay marriages
A bill that would allow churches to refuse to marry gay couples won its first approval Wednesday even though its sponsor said churches already have that right and he knows of no cases in which a church has been forced to perform a same-sex wedding ceremony. The Associated Press’ Brendan Farrington reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.
Pamela Epting appointed Deputy Commissioner of Florida Office of Financial Regulation
Pamela Epting, a veteran state worker, was appointed deputy commissioner of the Florida Office of Financial Regulation, SaintPetersBlog.com’s Peter Schorsch reports.
With Flood Insurance Rare, South Carolina Homeowners Have Little Recourse
According to estimates, just 10 percent of homeowners in South Carolina carry flood insurance, the New York Times’ Ann Carrns writes for the “Your Money Adviser” blog.
Zipcar and LogMeIn Veterans Out to Reshape Car Insurance With Smartphone-Based Telematics
No one’s saying a smartphone app is better or more comprehensive than a telematics device that plugs into a diagnostic port, but Censio is saying its app-which makes use of the phone’s GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer (compass)-is good enough to give an accurate picture of a person’s driving behaviors, Gregory T. Huang writes for Xconomy.com.
California Governor Signs Workers’ Comp Formulary Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California forward in curbing abuse of opioid medications in the workers’ compensation system, Insurance Journal reports.
Demotech Receives Founders Award
At the third annual Florida Association for Insurance Reform Awards Dinner and Gala held on September 17, 2015, Joseph Petrelli and Sharon Romano Petrelli, co-founders of Demotech, Inc., received the Founder’s Award for their ongoing efforts to stabilize Florida’s property insurance marketplace.
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