Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines

Florida homeowners need break from assignment-of-benefits lawsuits The damage from AOB litigation is clear, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Executive Vice President Harold Kim explains in the Sun-Sentinel. Al Lawson makes big push for Jacksonville flood mitigation U.S. Representative Al …

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Orders Slightly Larger Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Decrease for 2018 Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier issued an Order late yesterday notifying the National Council on Compensation Insurance that its 2018 Rate Filing has been disapproved and, …

House Hurricane Committee Mulls What Went Wrong During, After Irma On Thursday, the House Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness heard about issues affecting Florida during Irma.  A.G. Gancarski reports. Florida Cities Ranked Most Vulnerable to Coastal Floods Due …

Florida’s cost for deadly hurricane keeps going up The tab for Hurricane Irma keeps rising, and Florida legislators are warning that it could require some tough budget choices for next year.  The Associated Press reports via the Palm Beach Post. …

Florida CFO Voices Concerns to FEMA Over Policy Management Vendor Transition Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider an upcoming vendor transition that he says could delay the processing of federal flood …

Galvano Brings Policy Skills To Top Senate Post Senator Bill Galvano, a 51-year-old lawyer from Bradenton, will be designated Tuesday by Senate Republicans as the next president of the Florida Senate.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Lloyd Dunkelberger reports. ·         …

Florida’s Boomtown That Shouldn’t Exist When Hurricanes aren’t smashing Florida’s Low-Lying Strip Malls and Red-Roof Houses, the State’s machine of inexorable growth is already destroying the natural resources that have helped make that growth so inexorable.  Politico’s Michael Grunwald reports. …

Increased attorney fees in water damage case backed by Florida Supreme Court In a case stemming from a claim for water damage, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that an attorney was entitled to receive stepped-up fees for …

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson Worries FEMA Exec Is “Fox Guarding The Henhouse” Senator Bill Nelson (R-Fla.) has demanded that FEMA ensure that its Hurricane Claims be handled in an “Open, Transparent and Independent Process” after Reports surfaced that 90% of …

Hurricane Irma Insurance Claims In Florida Approach $5 Billion Hurricane Irma related Insurance Claims in Florida have increased further in the last week, rising around 8.5% to almost $5 Billion, with almost 32% of Claims now Closed, according to the …