Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Oct 16, 2017
After Irma: Why Are 90% Of Flood Claims Being Denied? Nine out of 10 Flood Claims resolved by the National Flood Insurance Program in the early going after Hurricane Irma have been closed without payment, Federal Records provided to Florida …
Oct 13, 2017
Joe Negron: “Nothing Nefarious” In Gary Farmer’s Re-Assignment State Senator Gary Farmer was taken off the Chamber’s Banking and Insurance Committee, but Senate President Joe Negron told FloridaPolitics.com’s Peter Schorsch there was “Nothing Nefarious” about the Removal. House Insurance Chairman …
Oct 12, 2017
Florida Appeals Court Upholds Major Tobacco Verdict Though it raised concerns about a jury instruction, a State Appeals Court Wednesday upheld a nearly $35 Million Verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in the Death of a Longtime Smoker. THE NEWS SERVICE OF …
Oct 11, 2017
Irma: Delay, Denial Complaints Appear As One Insurer’s Outlook Lowered A month after Hurricane Irma, Consumers are starting to let State Agencies know of more than 150 Complaints ranging from long waits for Adjusters to Denial of Claims, Officials told …
Oct 10, 2017
Florida Was Ill-Prepared For A Major Hurricane, Audit Warned Long before Florida entered the deadliest hurricane season in a decade, Auditors at the State’s Division of Emergency Management sent out a Warning: the State was Ill-Prepared for a Major Disaster. …
Oct 9, 2017
Colodny Fass Lobbyist Katie Webb Featured On “Best Lobbyist” Influence Magazine Cover Today Not just among the Best Female Lobbyists, but among the Best Lobbyists, “Period,” proclaims the cover of today’s Influence Magazine featuring Colodny Fass Tallahassee Managing Partner Katie …
Oct 9, 2017
Colodny Fass Lobbyist Katie Webb Featured On “Best Lobbyist” Influence Magazine Cover Today Not just among the Best Female Lobbyists, but among the Best Lobbyists, “Period,” proclaims the cover of today’s Influence Magazine featuring Colodny Fass Tallahassee Managing Partner Katie …
Oct 5, 2017
Taddeo’s arrival shakes up Senate Banking and Insurance Committee The impact of the assignment shuffle appears to be greatest on the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, where President Negron replaced Democrat trial lawyer Gary Farmer with Taddeo and then added …
Oct 4, 2017
Florida Senate To Focus On Hurricane Issues Next Week With Hurricane Issues expected to play a big role in the 2018 Legislative Session, several Senate Committees next week will begin looking at storm-related issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. …
Sep 28, 2017
Florida Citizens says hurricane Irma loss won’t hit reinsurance It is the coastal account which has the private market reinsurance and the Everglades catastrophe bonds acting as risk transfer, with the first per-occurrence reinsurance wrap attaching above $504 million of …