Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Tuesday, November 9
Nov 9, 2010
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Citizens could be forced to drop nearly 200,000 policies across the state
Florida’s largest property insurer will have to shed nearly 200,000 policies along the coast in the next two years unless state lawmakers step in during next session.
Mandatory septic tank pump-outs worry homeowners
In the last few weeks, nothing has caused more stink to homeowners with septic tanks than S.B. 550.
Reinsurance Association of America: Hurricane Reinsurance
The recently published articles, “Florida’s Hurricane Insurance Premiums Largely Determined Overseas” of Oct. 24 and “Bermuda Controls Floridians’ Hurricane Insurance Rates” of Oct. 25, fail to address Florida’s fundamental problem.
Tampa health insurance company plans to lay off 73 people
A Tampa insurance company expects to lay off 73 people beginning next month, according to a notice filed with the state.
Column: Medicaid is a big black hole that will suck in Rick Scott
Florida is buckling under the cost of caring for its poor people.
GOP taking aim at Bill Nelson, the last Democrat standing
Florida Republicans walked away from last Tuesday’s election in control of every major statewide office save one – the U.S. Senate seat of Democrat Bill Nelson. And if the GOP gets its way, that final stronghold will fall when Nelson runs for re-election in 2012.
Ruling might further complicate loan crisis
Appellate courts in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach have admonished lower courts for allowing foreclosures to proceed without the proper paperwork and kicked the cases back to circuit judges in a move some experts say could further complicate the foreclosure crisis.
Dunedin Foreclosure fight is a first
Michael D. Carlson recently filed a motion in Pinellas Circuit Court seeking to undo a foreclosure judgment against him from 2008, saying he never knew about the legal proceeding until it was over.
Column: State workers will be sharing the pain
Gov.-elect Rick Scott and a compliant, even-more-conservative Florida Legislature will probably not be able to realize the Republican dream of running government like a business.
Democrats jockey to take reins of state party
Fresh off an across-the-board electoral drubbing last week, Democratic activists are jockeying to elect their first new state party chief in five years.
Blog: Conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman to lead Allen West staff
U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West, R-Plantation, is going with an outsider critic of Washington, D.C., as his top staffer and an insider who knows how the Capitol works as his No. 2 aide.
Carl Hiassen: The governor-elect wants to clean house? Lotsa luck
“Today is the end of politics as usual in Tallahassee.”
Crist willing to consider Jim Morrison pardon before leaving office
In his last two months in office, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a December surprise: a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, for indecent exposure charges after an infamous 1969 Miami concert.
Abandoned Properties in Louisiana a Growing Problem
In Rapides Parish, Louisiana, officials know they have a problem with abandoned, rundown properties. That poses another problem: what to do with them.
Rates for High Risk Drivers in Texas Falling; Coverage Minimums to Rise
Insurance rates for high-risk drivers insured through the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association will decrease overall by 7.6 percent from 2010 rates effective Jan. 1, 2011. According to TAIPA, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin’s order decreases overall rates for TIAPA personal auto insurance policies.
Regulators Tell New York Agents How to Reveal Their Commissions
New York regulators have finalized guidelines for how agents and brokers are to reveal to clients their commissions, but at least one trade group says any changes to the rules thus far have been “underwhelming.”
California State Fund Revises Broker of Record Policy
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund announced it has revised its broker of record policy, as well as filed for a 5.2 percent overall rate increase for 2011.
California insurance chief slaps agency on Iran ruling
California’s insurance commissioner is suing a state agency to press his campaign against insurance companies that invest in Iran.
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