Category: Florida News

The Miami Herald published this article on January 6, 2009. BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ mrvasquez@MiamiHerald.com In front of a gathered crowd that included both fellow tribal members and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians on Tuesday installed Colley …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 6, 2009. BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau Gov. Charlie Crist said he won’t order an investigation into allegations of misconduct and misspending that resulted in the forced resignation earlier this week …

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, Division of Health Facility and Agency Licensing has issued a Notice of Proposed Rule regarding proposed Rule Chapter 59A-35, entitled “Health Care Licensing Procedures.” The proposed Rule Chapter is being developed to establish …

Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sean Shaw will host the third in a series of claims dispute-related roundtable meetings on January 6. This meeting will focus on identifying complications with the current insurance appraisal process and formulating recommendations on how to …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Under fire, Florida emergency management director resigns The man in charge of disaster preparedness for the state abruptly resigned Monday amid allegations from his own employees that …

The Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (“Commission”) Windstorm Mitigation Committee is scheduled to meet twice in January to finalize its draft report of recommendations for improving the process of assessing, determining and applying windstorm mitigation discounts, credits, rate …

The Miami Herald published this article on January 5, 2010. BY HANNAH SAMPSON AND KATHLEEN McGRORY hsampson@MiamiHerald.com Calling it “foolish” and “short-sighted” to pass up, Florida’s education commissioner said Monday that the state would seek hundreds of millions of dollars …

Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty will be a featured speaker at the 2010 Florida Health Care Summit on Monday, January 11, 2010 that will focus on federal health insurance legislation as it relates to Florida. Participants in the four scheduled …

Reminder: Comments are due by January 8 on the preliminary formation of a Insurance Consumer Advocate Advisory Group (“ICA”) that would review workers’ compensation insurance issues and make recommendations to the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s proposed Florida Workers’ Compensation Advisory …

The following article was published in the New York Times on January 5, 2010: Tax Enforcers Intensify Focus on Multinationals January 5, 2010 By MATTHEW SALTMARSH While the recession may be ending across much of the world, its effect on …