Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Legislative Change Advances Over the objections of some of the largest Business Associations in the State, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved a Bill that would eliminate the State’s ability to collect $222.4 Million in …

Multiple Sinkholes Open In Florida Retirement Community Two Homes have been condemned and two have been evacuated. Power has been cut to all four.  The Associated Press reports via Insurance Journal.   Attorney, Vendor AOB Lawsuits Top Florida Insurance Litigation …

Two homes have been condemned and two have been evacuated. Power has been cut to all four, the Associated Press reports via Insurance Journal. Read more here.  https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/02/20/481096.htm

Litigation from the abuse of assignment of benefits by third parties represented more than half of all Florida insurance litigation in 2017, and without a legislative fix those fueling the abuse will continue to get rich at the expense of …

Pinellas County officials are partnering with the Corps of Engineers to fix the problem also say work is now slated to begin in April, even though a contractor has been in place since September.   Sarah Rosario reports for WTSP.com.   …

Top members of state Senate leadership are putting some significant policy changes on the table in the wake of last week’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, including the kinds of gun safety measures that have received scant attention in …

Governor Rick Scott has organized state and local leaders to meet Tuesday for workshops at the Florida Department of Education, the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Sheriffs Association, SunshineStateNews.com reports. Read more here.  http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/gov-scott-convenes-leaders-work-solutions-keep-florida-students-safe

Detectives charged Watson with violating the following Florida Statutes and booked him into the Wakulla County Jail: F.S. 836.10, “Written threats to kill or do bodily injury,” a second degree felony; and F.S.790.163, “False Report concerning planting a bomb, an …

Two of the three most commonly- and passionately-discussed topics at Monday’s first public hearing for the Florida Constitution Revision Commission’s proposed amendments weren’t even among the 37 active propositions, FloridaPolitics.com’s Scott Powers reports.   Read more here.  http://floridapolitics.com/archives/256746-guns-greyhounds-privacy-dominate-constitution-hearing

Seven years ago, the Republican-controlled Legislature even created a $5,000 fine it can impose on mayors if they ever try to enforce stricter regulations on firearms.  The Tampa Bay Times’ Elizabeth Koh reports for “The Buzz” blog.   Read more …