Category: Archive – Seminars

Insurance-Related Meetings: Week of Mar. 10-14

Mar 6, 2008

Legislative Meetings The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 from 9-11:30 a.m. in Room 412 of the Knott Building, Tallahassee, Florida. No agenda is available at this time. The House Insurance Committee …

2008 Legislature roundup

Mar 5, 2008

Tallahassee Democrat–Mar. 5, 2008FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU     The Florida Legislature is in session through May 2. The key issues yesterday and what’s coming up: TOPIC: SESSION CONVENES    WHAT HAPPENED: Senate President Ken Pruitt charted a moderate agenda. House Speaker Marco …

Some legislators in for long, bumpy ride

Mar 5, 2008

Tallahassee Democrat–Mar. 5, 2008 CAPITOL By Jim Ash FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU CHIEF     Print    Email to a friend    Subscribe Florida Senator Daniel Webster can’t hold back a smile as he receives a standing ovation from his friends in the Florida …

Bill on hurricane inspections advances

Mar 5, 2008

South Florida Sun-Sentinel–Mar. 5, 2008 The state’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would beef up the My Safe Florida Homes program, which provides grants for hurricane mitigation inspections and for toughening homes against storms. …

Crist sidesteps state’s woes in address

Mar 5, 2008

Miami Herald–Mar. 05, 2008 BY MARC CAPUTO AND MARY ELLEN KLAS After moving the annual State of the State speech to 6 p.m. so Floridians could watch their government in action, Gov. Charlie Crist turned his 30-minute address into a …

Senate president charts safe course for session

Mar 4, 2008

Miami Herald–Mar. 04, 2008By MARC CAPUTO No ”major” insurance revisions or tax-cut plans. Big budget cuts. Money for the wrongfully incarcerated. More legislative control of state universities. Don’t expect a whole lot more out of the Florida Legislature during the …

Reassurance amid frustration

Mar 4, 2008

As budget cuts await the state Legislature, Crist faces a hard sell. By Steve Bousquet, Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler, and Alex Leary, Times Staff WritersSt. Petersburg Times–Mar. 4, 2008 TALLAHASSEE – It will take all the optimism Gov. Charlie Crist can …

Legislators Open Session With Mandate To Cut Budget

Mar 4, 2008

Tampa Tribune–Feb. 29, 2008By Catherine Dolinski of The Tampa Tribune TALLAHASSEE – State leaders this legislative session will grapple with the worst budget crunch that Florida has seen since the early 1990s. The reason is no secret: Florida, which depends …