Capitol to Courthouse Headliners: Wednesday, December 8
Dec 8, 2010
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Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Shaw Joins Merlin Law Firm
Sean Michael Shaw, who most recently served as Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate, has joined Merlin Law Group, an advocacy firm for property insurance policyholders. Shaw is joining the Tampa office.
Crash Course: 411-PAIN network will line their pockets with your insurance money
Ganesh Sohan is built like a jockey, so thin, he’s almost concave, with a shaved head and delicate features that belie the punishment his body has endured. Four years ago, he served in a U.S. Army infantry unit in Iraq, where he survived an IED attack on his Humvee unscathed.
Statewide health insurance pool for school districts?
Teachers and other school district employees could find themselves purchasing health, hospital and accidental insurance through a statewide alliance which would seek coverage from insurance companies willing to negotiate.
Florida county stops new pain clinics
No more pain management clinics will be allowed to open for the next year in the county that is home to Orlando.
Florida House Speaker Cannon taps committee chairs, delays redistricting appointments
House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, tapped two dozen lawmakers for committee chairmanships Tuesday, and several Central Florida faces will head up some influential panels.
Businesses Face Big Jump In Jobless Insurance
A year after dodging a massive unemployment tax increase, employers are again facing a larger-than-expected jump in what they pay to the state for jobless benefits, including interest coming due on money borrowed from Washington to pay claims as unemployment spiked in the state.
Thousands of Florida mortgage brokers may lose jobs
Thousands of Florida mortgage brokers will be out of work after Dec. 31.
Florida Senator Fasano: Offer new First District Court of Appeal building to other tenants
The $49 million 1st District Court of Appeal continued to get bashed Tuesday and a state Senate committee chairman said he’d offer the new building to other tenants.
Florida’s hellhole rankings show why tort reform is needed
You live in a judicial hellhole. So say some national groups that track the most unfair and harmful court systems in America
National Conference of Insurance Legislators President Rep. George Keiser today commended The Council of State Governments for endorsing a Surplus Lines Insurance Multi-State Compliance Compact, and said that NCOIL welcomed the opportunity to work with CSG to secure state passage of the bill in 2011.
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