Category: Archive – Seminars

Senate Select Committee Hearing on Property Insurance Accountability

Feb 4, 2008

Agenda items include Committee questions to Kevin McCarty, Florida Insurance Commissioner, a presentation on reinsurance and sworn testimony and response to Committee questions from property insurance executives and representatives of the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) and the Florida …

Allstate gets OK to write new policies

Feb 1, 2008

BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA A Florida district court of appeal will allow Allstate to continue writing new policies in Florida, but it sped up the appeal of its insurance license suspension. The First District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee issued …

Crist: Tap healthcare funds to plug budget holes

Jan 31, 2008

Posted on Thu, Jan. 31, 2008–Miami Herald Crist: Tap healthcare funds to plug budget holes BY GARY FINEOUT Confronted with a souring Florida economy and a gaping $2 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday proposed tapping more than …

More tax reform talk delivered with amendment’s passage

Jan 31, 2008

January 31, 2008–Daytona Beach News-Journal More tax reform talk delivered with amendment’s passage By JIM SAUNDERS and JAMES MILLER Staff Writers TALLAHASSEE — Before all the votes were even counted Tuesday night, business groups and House Republican leaders started firing …

Seminole gaming tug-of-war in Supreme Court’s hands

Jan 31, 2008

Seminole gaming tug-of-war in Supreme Court’s hands The state Supreme Court gives no indication when it will rule on the Crist-Seminole deal. By STEVE BOUSQUET, Times Staff Writer Published January 31, 2008–St. Petersburg Times Florida’s Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday …

Gov. Charlie Crist’s clout rises with primary vote

Jan 31, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist’s clout rises with primary vote John Kennedy Tallahassee Bureau Chief January 31, 2008–Orlando Sentinel TALLAHASSEE If there was any question about who is the most popular — and powerful — political figure in Florida right now, Gov. …