Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report–Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Oct 22, 2014
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
9:00 a.m.–Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Board of Governors meeting. Tallahassee, Florida. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
“Fangate” Stirs Florida Insurance Industry Fears Over Gubernatorial Election
If Florida’s insurance industry was looking for any certainty about the results of the looming governor’s race between Governor Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist, they didn’t find it after last week’s gubernatorial debate, which almost did not happen due to Crist’s use of an electric fan. Bloomberg’s Michael Adams reports via Insurance Journal.
United Insurance Holdings’ Chief Underwriting Officer Awarded Women in Insurance Leadership Award
United Insurance Holdings Corporation, a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that Judy Copechal, its Chief Underwriting Officer was named as one of 2014’s Top 10 Women in Insurance Leadership by Insurance Networking News.
Scott, Crist slug it out in final governor’s debate
Challenging each other’s command of facts, empathy and ethics, Republican Governor Rick Scott and Democratic challenger Charlie Crist gave CNN’s national audience Tuesday night a large dose of their Florida political fisticuffs. Orlando Sentinel’s Aaron Deslatte reports.
- In final debate, Rick Scott and Charlie Crist clash bitterly
- Final Florida debate for governor heated, personal
- Fact-checking the third Florida’s governor debate
- Four takeaways from the final Florida gubernatorial debate
- Video highlights of the final Rick Scott-Charlie Crist debate
- Charlie Crist’s minimum-wage job-loss answer could haunt him
- When Charlie Crist got under Rick Scott’s skin, and left a mark
- CNN lays down the law for final Florida debate
More than 1 million Floridians have cast ballots by mail or early voting
More than 1 million Floridians have cast pre-Election Day ballots now that early in-person voting began Monday while mail-in absentee ballots continue to pour in, the Tampa Bay Times’ Marc Caputo and Tia Mitchell report.
Appellate court upholds ruling that Jacksonville violated Sunshine law during pension talks
A Tallahassee appellate court Tuesday upheld a local ruling that the city of Jacksonville violated the state’s Government in the Sunshine law during pension negotiations in 2013, the Florida Times-Union reports.
Sunshine Law case against former State Representative Chris Dorworth dropped
A former Florida lawmaker won’t face prosecution for violating the state’s open-meetings laws after a judge ruled Tuesday that applying the law to a private citizen could violate a constitutional right to free speech. SaintPetersBlog.com’s Peter Schorsch reports.
Senate District 34: Can Ellyn Bogdanoff Beat Maria Sachs in the Rematch?
Democrat Maria Sachs and Republican Ellyn Bogdanoff waged the most competitive Florida Senate race in 2012 and another close contest can be expected in the rematch, Jeff Henderson reports for SunshineStateNews.com.
A Retreat From Weather Disasters
A report to be released today by Ceres, the sustainability advocacy group, makes the point forcefully. “Over the past 30 years annual losses from natural catastrophes have continued to increase while the insured portion has declined,” it concluded. The New York Times’ Eduardo Porter reports.
Jury Finds Guardrail Maker Trinity Cheated Government; Liability Could Top $1 Billion
Trinity Industries Inc. faces a potential liability of $1 billion after a jury found the company defrauded the U.S. by deliberately withholding information about cost-saving changes to its highway guardrail system that potentially made it more dangerous. Bloomberg reports via Insurance Journal.
Jury Finds Texas Windstorm Insurer Adequately Paid City for Ike Claims
Texas’ wind and hail insurer of last resort in coastal areas announced that a judgment has been entered in its favor in a lawsuit brought by League City in Southeast Texas. Insurance Journal reports.
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