Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

Florida Governor Charlie Crist signed the State’s $70-billion 2010-11 budget today, May 28, 2010.  The news release below from the Office of the Governor provides additional details on the budget components.   Should you have any questions or comments, please contact Tracy …

Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida regulatory events for the week of May 31 – June 4, 2010: Note:  All times are Eastern Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type.    FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS      …

  HB 7109 relating to Florida’s Qualified Target Industry (“QTI”) Program was among 26 bills that were passed during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session and signed today, May 27, 2010, by Governor Charlie Crist (to view complete bill information, click …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Miami judge certifies nation’s first drywall class action Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Joseph Farina has certified the nation’s first Chinese drywall class action lawsuit.   Trial lawyers urge …

Free statewide technology training and certification will be available as the result of a partnership between Microsoft and the State of Florida that began on May 25, 2010.   Workforce Florida Inc. will distribute 40,000 training and certification vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis through …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:   Citizens Property Insurance under fire again Citizens Property Insurance drew fire again for its no-bid contract. Citizens has not taken well to the press coverage – …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Citizens Insurance hands out another no-bid contract Under public pressure, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. backed down late last year on plans to award a no-bid $60 million …

Governor Charlie Crist announced today, May 24, 2010, a partnership between Microsoft and the State of Florida through the Microsoft Elevate America initiative to provide free technology training to individuals across the state.  Microsoft has partnered with Workforce Florida Inc. to donate …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:  Insurance bill draws scrutiny for sending business to Christian adjusters group A provision tucked into the sweeping property insurance bill, SB 2044, one week before the …

Following is a listing of insurance-related Florida regulatory events for the week of May 25-29, 2010: Note:  All times are Eastern Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink were noted in bold type.    FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS      Monday, May 24 …