Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Tuesday, April 19
Apr 19, 2011
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
Florida’s 2011 Regular Legislative Session
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Pulitzer for Paige St. John and her investigation of Florida’s insurance crisis
Congratulations to Sarasota Herald-Tribune reporter Paige St. John who today won a Pulitzer Price for investigative reporting for her two-year investigation of Florida property insurance crisis.
Suncoast mobile home residents concerned about possible insurance fraud
Insurance fraud is a big concern for some Suncoast residents these days.
Lawmakers look to revive property insurance market
A bill relating to property and casualty Insurance recently passed in the House Economic Affairs Committee.
Keys FEMA challenge looks likely
A majority of Monroe County commissioners say they are willing to challenge the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision that prohibits a handicapped man from living in an enclosure below flood elevation in his family’s Cudjoe Key home.
Florida Senator Alan Hays: Let consumers decide property insurance
When it comes to insuring your home, who’s in the best position to choose what’s right for your family – you or the government?
Chances of booster seat law passing appear slim in Florida
Michael Aubin wants to help parents do the right thing.
Florida fruit tree, nursery crop insurance deadline nears
The sales closing date for fruit tree and nursery crop Insurance is May 1, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency.
Blog: Governor Scott names Florida Department of Transportation boss
After apparently mulling the decision for months, Governor Rick Scott didn’t look far in naming a new chief of the states road-building agency, which lawmakers look to as a potential job creator in a punishing economy.
Today in Tallahassee: Action shifts to Panama City
With the Legislature off observing the Passover holiday, the governor and Cabinet leave the state capital for a two-day tour of the Panhandle to mark the first anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Scott and the three-member Cabinet chose Panama City to hold their regular cabinet
House Speaker Dean Cannon says he wants to give the Judicial Qualifications Commission a chance to deal with judges at the 1st District Court of Appeal before considering an impeachment request.
Florida Legislature cracks down on…voting?
Having solved all other problems, the Florida Legislature now turns to the most dangerous threat of all – Voting. No kidding.
Dosal ‘Tax’ Is Dead, Bill Sponsor Says
After Scott’s veto threat, Representative Tobia snuffs out latest run at cigarette maker
The sponsor of a bill to raise fees on Florida-based Dosal Tobacco Company says the measure is dead — again.
Blog: Former Governor Crist’s portrait unique for what it doesn’t include
Governor Charlie Crist’s portrait joined those of past Florida chief executives in the Capitol Monday – a full-framed likeness of the state’s 44th governor, noteworthy by what it does not include.
State launches probe into campaign to provide superhero capes to jobless
State labor officials asked their inspector general Monday to investigate why a Central Florida agency wants to spend public money to furnish the unemployed with capes.
Standard & Poor’s Puts 17 Cat Bonds on CreditWatch/Negative Due to RMS Model Change
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ratings on 17 natural peril catastrophe bonds on CreditWatch with negative implications.
State Farm Receives More Than 2,200 Claims in North Carolina
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on Monday said it had received more than 2,200 claims related to the tornadoes that hit North Carolina over the weekend.
Louisiana Lawmaker Fined Over Legal Work for State-Backed Insurer
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, state lawmaker’s law firm has been fined for violating state ethics law, by doing legal work for the state-run property insurer of last resort.
John Nelson To Become Lloyd’s Next Chairman
Lloyd’s says insurance newcomer John Nelson will become its new chairman in October
Kevin Clinton Named Head of Michigan Insurance Regulation
Kevin Clinton, former president and chief executive officer of American Physicians Capital Inc., has been named the new commissioner of the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation.
Kansas governor signs workers compensation reform bill into law
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Monday signed legislation into law that his office called “the first significant reform to workers compensation laws in our state since 1993.”
As Insurance Rates Rise, Missisippians Urged to Take Mitigation Seriously
Mississippi Gulf Coast residents have been told mitigation is the answer to the region’s high insurance rates.
Seeking to Privatize, Louisiana Ousts Chief of Group Benefits Office
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal’s administration on April 15 ousted the chief executive officer of the state-run health insurance office, the Office of Group Benefits, as the governor seeks to privatize parts of the operation.
Who would pay if nuclear disaster happened here?
While the nuclear industry, including PG&E and Southern California Edison, continues to deny that the unimaginable could happen at its aging reactors or to its on-site radioactive waste pools, California must heed the economic impacts of Japan’s catastrophe and review our liability limits.
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