Category: Florida News

  People in and out of Citizens Property Insurance had a bad year in the Florida Legislature There is little relief coming for homeowners facing crushing rate increases after being nudged (some would say shoved) out of the state-run property …

  Governor Rick Scott settles on top contender for Florida Insurance Commissioner Scott’s office on Wednesday morning recommended the Florida Cabinet conduct a final public interview with just one of 55 candidates who applied to be the next insurance commissioner, …

  Is the Global Reinsurance Industry making Florida more resilient to Climate Change, Hurricanes? Some players in the global reinsurance industry are transforming mounting natural catastrophe risks into a vibrant marketplace for new financial products and services, Zac Taylor writes …

  The Good, the Bad and the Interesting:  Evaluating the applicants for Florida Revenue Chief Unlike the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, the top job at Revenue does not have statutory qualification requirements.  Nevertheless, one could assume that many of those …

  The Good, the Bad and the Interesting:  Evaluating the Applicants for Florida Insurance Commissioner So the process of choosing a new OIR leader, now that it is well underway, will prove — if anything — interesting, says FloridaPolitics.com Publisher …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Warns of “Crisis” on Claims Issue Inaction by Florida lawmakers to address a spike in water-damage claims could reverse years of work to shrink state-backed Citizens Property Insurance, the company’s president said Wednesday, THE NEWS …

  Secretary of State:  Florida Election had minor issues that were resolved quickly “Overall, I think we had a very successful election,” Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner told the Tampa Bay Times in Tallahassee about a half-hour after the last …

  Sea Rise could force millions in Florida to adapt or flee, study finds The number of people threatened by rising seas fueled by climate change in the U.S. could be three times greater than previously estimated, with more than …

Above:   Florida Gov. Rick Scott watches as House Sergeant-at-Arms Russell Hosford and Senate Sergeant-at Arms Timothy Hay drop their handkerchiefs during the Sine Die ceremony to end the 2016 Florida Legislative Session, this past Friday, March 11 in Tallahassee (Photo …

  New Data Map shows all but one Florida county suffered a weather disaster over the past five years Environmental researchers at Eckerd College released data showing nearly every single Floridian lives in a county where weather-related disasters have been …