Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report – Tuesday, August 23, 2016

 

“Billing Palm Beach County Homeowners For Insurance As If We’re Miami is a Low Blow”

Have you noticed that Insurance Companies in Florida never seem to run out of new ways to justify Premium Increases for Hurricane Coverage even though we’ve been nearly Hurricane-Free for more than a decade?  Columnist Frank Cerabino writes for the Palm Beach Post.

  

Orlando Attorney Sues 7-11 Franchise Owner in Overtime Dispute

Court Documents state that the Defendants paying their convenience store clerks from the individual stores regardless of the total amount of hours they worked at all four stores was designed to, and has the effect of, denying its clerks the overtime wages required by the Fair Labor Standards Act, West Orlando News reports.

  

Testing Company Fined $4.8 Million for 2015 Problems in Florida, Department of Education Reveals

More than sixteen months after Florida’s Highly Publicized Computer Testing Problems, Vendor AIR has been fined $4.8 million by the State as provided for in Law.  The Tampa Bay Times’ Jeffrey Solocheck reports for the “Gradebook” blog.

  

Louisiana Issues Post-Flooding Emergency Insurance Rule

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has issued an Emergency Rule allowing greater protection and flexibility for Insurance Policyholders impacted by recent flooding, Insurance Journal reports.

  

Internal Revenue Service Launches New Sharing Economy Tax Resource Center on IRS.Gov

During late August 2016, the Internal Revenue Service launched a new Web Page designed to help Taxpayers involved in the sharing economy quickly locate the resources they need to help them meet their Tax Obligations.  Colodny Fass’ BrowardBusinessLawyer.com reports.

 

Tennessee Deputy Commissioner West Elected to National Association of State Fire Marshals

The National Association of State Fire Marshals elected Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance Deputy Commissioner Gary West as Secretary-Treasurer during its Annual Membership Meeting in Albuquerque, July 19-21, Insurance Journal reports.

 

Louisiana Homeowners May Find it Tough to Get Their Insurance Claim Checks

PCI’s Robert Passmore says that it has been his experience that there isn’t any Standard set of Guidelines that require Cosigning on Insurance Claims Checks or how and when to release Funds and how much at a time.   Daniel Goldstein reports for MarketWatch.com.

 

 

 

 

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