Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Wednesday, May 16
May 16, 2012
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
Wednesday, May 16 to Friday, May 18–26th Annual Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference. For registration information, click here.
1:00 p.m.–Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies Board Meeting. Sarasota, Florida. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Rates could soar for new Citizens Property Insurance customers
If Citizens Property Insurance Corp. moves forward with a controversial plan to uncap rates for new customers, the price to join state-run insurance will increase by an average of 30 percent next year.
Don Glisson Jr., chief executive officer of a Jacksonville-based manufactured home financing company, will replace Rob Wallace, who resigned as Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s in February to run for state Senate.
Hurricane Andrew remembered at storm conference
Florida’s emergency managers are preparing for the upcoming tropical storm season by reexamining the lessons learned from hurricane Andrew.
Here’s a good news/bad news scenario for the upcoming hurricane season.
During the freeze of 2010, Plant City farmers pumped water out of the ground continuously for 11 days to insulate their strawberry crops against the biting cold.
Florida law changes pool regulations
As hundreds of people suit up and head for community swimming pools this summer, they might not notice anything different, but local regulators will.
Workforce Central Florida expands list of jobs eligible for federal money
With Central Florida’s unemployment rate at 8.6 percent, the region’s jobs board has eased restrictions on how almost $7 million in federal training money can be spent, opening up a long list of occupations to laid-off workers.
Government Sector Dominates Florida Work Force, Study Finds
Public employees constitute the biggest block of workers in 51 of Florida’s 67 counties, a new TaxWatch survey shows.
Report: Tampa Bay is most financially distressed among major metros
Got a bad case of the fiscal blues? No surprise there.
Blog: Advocates for insurance reform disagree about need for special Alabama session
The nearly completed 2012 regular session will likely become one of the most successful sessions ever for insurance overhaul legislation, once Republican Governor Robert Bentley pens his signature on the handful of insurance bills that the Legislature passed last week.
Texas Windstorm Alternative Eligibility Program Deadline: August 31
The Texas Department of Insurance is currently developing a process for obtaining an Alternative Certification for obtaining windstorm insurance in coastal areas.
Expected House Bill Would Extend National Flood Insurance Program for 1 Month; Buy Time for Senate
Representative Judy Biggert, R-Ill., plans to introduce a bill in the House that would extend the National Flood Insurance Program for one month, pushing the program’s expiration date back to June 30.
Washington Post: Obamacare repeal would cost insurers $1 trillion
Next month, Americas health insurance plans may lose $1 trillion in revenue.
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