Category: Florida Legislative News

  The Florida Cabinet met today, March 23, 2010, during which Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty reported on the State’s property insurance market. The report had been requested by Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink at the previous Cabinet meeting …

    Above:  FloridaToday.com editorial cartoon; March 23, 2010   To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   In Tallahassee today, focus is education The 40-member Senate will take up the heart of the education policy agenda, including …

  As the committee process has progressed during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, versions of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate omnibus property insurance packages have been amended onto HB 447 and SB 2044, respectively. To assist in evaluating …

  SB 1460, the Florida Senate’s version of a bill that would provide a remedy for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Contract Year glitch was substituted for HB 949, the House of Representatives’ version, after both bills were considered …

The following is the text of a speech given by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention in Orlando, Florida on March 20, 2010. Preserving a Central Role for Community Banking I’m glad …

The FPCA Automobile Division has the following meetings scheduled for tomorrow, March 23, in Tallahassee: 10:00 a.m.  Representative Alan Hays 11:00 a.m.  Commissioner Kevin McCarty 12:00 p.m.  Safe Florida Driver Campaign Task Force 1:30 p.m.  Representative Bryan Nelson Attached are …

Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010.  Revised as of March 19, 2010, the attached …

The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting today, March 19, at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  63016#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 12, 2010 meeting, are attached. If you …

The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference today, March 19, at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  63015#. An updated agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 12, 2010 meeting, are …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Sarasota County school tax prevails by a decisive margin Even with high unemployment, a foreclosure crisis and a lingering recession, Sarasota voters Tuesday renewed a special tax …