Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Tuesday,December 22, 2015
Dec 22, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
Flood, Fraud and the Florida Market: McCarty Talks Hot Insurance Topics in 2015
It was another busy year for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Insurance Journal’s Amy O’Conner interviews Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty.
Lawmakers, Atwater look at pulling plug on Personal Injury Protection
Florida’s personal-injury protection auto insurance system, known as “No-Fault,” would end in 2019 under proposals ready to go before lawmakers, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reports via SayfieReview.com.
Trial Ends With Speculation Judge Could Draw New Florida Senate Map
The final state redistricting trial in a nearly four-year legal battle over Florida’s political boundaries ended with both sides trading charges of partisan gerrymandering, some of them the same accusations that have been hurled in court since the beginning. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Brandon Larrabee reports via WJCT-TV.
House Speaker Maps Out 2016 Florida Legislative Session
Tax cuts, education, money, and gambling. Another year of Florida legislative matters are upon us, and Florida’s Speaker of the House hopes to avoid the pitfalls that doomed some of this past year’s lawmaking period. Matt Galka reports for WCTV.
Senator Thad Altman to run for Florida House in 2016
Florida Senator Thad Altman has filed to run for the Florida House seat now held by Ritch Workman, who cannot seek re-election because of term limits, Dave Berman reports for FloridaToday.com.
Florida lags as other states make progress in prison and sentencing reforms
As other states reformed their criminal justice systems in the past year to reduce their prison populations by updating their sentencing laws and establishing new programs for the re-entry of offenders, Florida remained on the sidelines, according to a new report from the bipartisan U.S. Justice Action Network. The Miami Herald’s Mary Ellen Klas reports.
Falling foreclosure numbers cut into Florida court revenue
Florida is seeing a return to pre-housing collapse and pre-Great Recession foreclosure numbers, state economists reported Monday. While that’s good for homeowners, it hurts a state court system that has seen a steady drop in revenue for over a decade. Jeff Schweers reports for the Naples Daily News.
Every year, Florida courts send hundreds of people accused of minor crimes to high security mental hospitals, the Tampa Bay Times reports in an ongoing investigative series.
Donald Trump and Palm Beach: A complicated relationship
The tale of how Trump took on detractors on the island of Palm Beach could be a model for his path to a possible Republican presidential nomination. The Palm Beach Post’s Kristina Webb and George Bennett report via the “Post on Politics” blog.
Judge Bars Uber from Imposing New Contract on Drivers in Pay Suit
Uber Technologies Inc. was barred from imposing a new contract on drivers who are suing the company to be treated like employees after a federal judge said the reworded agreement is confusing. Bloomberg’s Joel Rosenblatt reports via Insurance Journal.
Nursing home workers have been posting abusive photos of elderly on social media
Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social media networks such as Snapchat, violating their privacy, dignity and, sometimes, the law. ProPublica’s Charles Ornstein reports via the Washington Post.
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