Category: Florida Legislative News
Nov 24, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Florida Makes List for Unfair Taxing The poorest Floridians pay a rate more than six times greater than the state’s millionaires when it comes to state and local …
Nov 23, 2009
Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced the appointment of Dania Beach City Commissioner Albert C. Jones to the Broward County Board of County Commissioners today, November 23, 2009. He will fill the vacancy created by the suspension of Josephus “Joe” Eggelletion. …
Nov 23, 2009
REMINDER: The Florida Property and Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Automobile Division will hold an in-person meeting on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. at the Fort Lauderdale office of Colodny Fass. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss fraud …
Nov 23, 2009
REMINDER: The Florida Property and Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Homeowners Division will hold a 2010 Florida Legislative Session planning meeting on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. at the Fort Lauderdale office of Colodny Fass. A call-in number will be …
Nov 19, 2009
The Florida Senate has created a new Budget Office that will be responsible for providing independent analyses of state government agency operations, including overlapping agency jurisdictions and functions, the financial structure of agencies, sources and uses of revenues, expenditure patterns …
FPCA Homeowners Division: RSVP To Attend An FPCA/Miami Herald Editorial Board Meeting On December 10
Nov 19, 2009
In the coming months, representatives from the Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) will be holding a series of meetings with newspaper editorial boards across Florida. The goal of these meetings is to start a dialogue about property insurance issues and …
Nov 18, 2009
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Court upholds homeowner tax breaks An appeal court Tuesday rejected another challenge to state constitutional amendments that give property tax breaks to Florida’s primary homeowners, but not to …
Nov 18, 2009
In the coming months, representatives from the Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) will be holding a series of meetings with newspaper editorial boards across Florida. The goal of these meetings is to start a dialogue about property insurance issues and …
Nov 17, 2009
Eight federal regulatory agencies today, November 17, 2009, jointly released a final model privacy notice form that will aid consumers in understanding how financial institutions collect and share information under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. To view the final model privacy notice …
Nov 17, 2009
In a recently-released Interim Committee Report, the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) recommended that claim files, specified medical records and certain portions of Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (“Association”) meetings should continue to be exempt from the public …