Category: Florida Legislative News
Oct 5, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: Senate Bill 286 relating to Vehicle Crashes Resulting in Personal Injury has been filed by Senator Mike Fasano. At this time, the bill would increase the penalty for leaving the scene of …
Oct 4, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: A teleconference meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow, October 5, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the recent Florida Department of Financial Services memorandum to neutral evaluators regarding the administration of …
Oct 3, 2011
Florida economists at the Public Education Capital Outlay (“PECO”) Revenue Estimating Conference held today, October 3, 2011, reduced the forecast of the maximum amount available for appropriation from the PECO Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 by $267.6 million, …
Oct 3, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: On September 30, 2011, the Florida Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) launched an educational campaign to increase awareness about personal injury protection (“PIP”) fraud in the State and to garner support for legislative …
Sep 28, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Maria Abate and Trevor Mask of Colodny Fass, along with other representatives in the insurance industry met with Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) officials Dennis …
Sep 28, 2011
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Revised state economic forecasts cloud local government revenue expectations State forecasters issued revised estimates this week that show the recovery in property tax revenue for local governments could …
Sep 28, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: On September 26, 2011 in its “The Buzz” blog section, the St. Petersburg Times published a draft spreadsheet of Florida Governor Rick Scott’s legislative priorities for the 2012 Regular Session. A …
Sep 26, 2011
The U.S. Federal Reserve issued the following news release containing the text and footnotes of U.S. Federal Reserve Board member Sarah Bloom Raskin’s remarks on Monetary Policy and Job Creation at the University of Maryland Smith School of Business Distinguished …
Sep 23, 2011
The following press release was issued by the Office of Florida Governor Rick Scott on September 23, 2011: Governor Rick Scott Appoints Four to the Pasco County Housing Authority Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick …
Sep 22, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Members: The attached draft proposed bad faith legislation was developed by the Institute for Legal Reform in conjunction with the bill sponsors of last year’s filed version. At the request of the bill sponsors, …