Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Thursday, December 16

Dec 16, 2010

Above:  Colodny Fass Shareholder Maria Elena Abate filed a PIP-related amicus brief with the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of the Florida Property & Casualty Association, Florida Insurance Council, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, National Insurance Crime Bureau and others.

 

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Florida High Court Personal Injury Protection Ruling To Create ‘Tsunami Of Litigation’

Colodny Fass’s Maria Elena Abate files amicus brief for insurers

Industry trade associations have joined together in filing a “friend of the court” brief with the Florida Supreme Court in support of United Automobile Insurance Company’s request for a rehearing in a case involving personal injury protection automobile coverage.

 

Blog:  Citizens insurance approves limits on no-bid contracts

Citizens Property Insurance’s board approved rules Wednesday to require the state-backed insurer to shop around for more of its contracts.

 

State’s public insurer increases its budget

Citizens Property Insurance Corp. executives are planning an administrative budget of $136 million for 2011, up about 5.4 percent from 2010.

 

45-foot-deep sinkhole opens at south Hillsborough landfill

At first, all you notice is a really big hole.


Florida public adjuster expects new wave of business in fire season

As more areas of Florida fall under a fire watch this week due to the consistently dry, freezing weather, one licensed public adjuster says he expects a new wave of business and property insurance claims across the state.

 

Disney, Universal win insurance waivers

Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando have won waivers from the federal government that exempt bare-bones health plans the two resorts offer part-time employees from new requirements imposed by this year’s overhaul of the U.S. health-care system.

 

Column:  Chinese drywall problem underreported

It seems like I’ve been writing about the Chinese drywall fiasco forever, but I actually broke the story in South Florida in January 2009.

 

Health Care Battle Moves to Florida

Lawsuit by 20 States Challenging Medicaid Expansion, Individual Mandate, Poses More Challenges to Administration

A federal judge in Florida today will begin hearing oral arguments in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate in the new health care law and the expansion of Medicaid.

 

Florida GOP may replace troublesome early presidential primary with straw poll

Look out Iowa, South Carolina and New Hampshire. Republicans in the nation’s biggest swing state are preparing to weigh in on their party’s presidential nominee as early as fall 2011.

 

Florida Chamber Study Shows Trade and Logistics Could Lead to 143,000 Jobs

Incoming Gov. Rick Scott notes the important role ports play in Sunshine State’s economy

On Wednesday, the Florida Chamber Foundation unveiled its study of ports, trade and logistics in the Sunshine State — and argued that an increased focus on these industries could lead to an additional 143,000 jobs in the state.

 

Governor may face fight from local lawmakers

Legislative delegation not fully united over Scott’s agenda

Governor-elect Rick Scott’s ambitious plans to overhaul Florida government are already drawing scrutiny from local legislative leaders.

 

U.S. Senate Passes Tax Cut Legislation Favored By Insurance Industry 

The Senate this afternoon passed tax cut legislation strongly supported by the property and casualty insurance industry-especially agents.

 

Vermont Lobbyist Tapped To Become State’s Head Regulator

Vermont Gov. elect Peter Shumlin has chosen Steve Kimbell to be the state’s next commissioner of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration.

 

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds Insurers in 2 Uninsured Motorist Cases

The Supreme Court of Georgia has ruled in favor of insurance companies in two cases involving how much people injured in car wrecks should get under uninsured motorists …