Category: Florida News

A scheduled Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”), Division of Agent and Agency Services hearing on proposed Rule 69B-241: Penalty Guidelines for Bail Bond Agents was held on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. The proposed Rule would establish clear standards for …

Miami Herald–August 10, 2009 BY ELINOR J. BRECHER Roberta Fulton Fox, a Coral Gables feminist and attorney who pushed women’s and children’s issues in both houses of the Florida Legislature, died of breast cancer at her home on Sunday. She …

Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Cabinet on Tuesday approved Progress Energy’s controversial proposal to build a nuclear plant in Levy County, the first such plant approved in Florida in 33 years. …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   BLOG:  Sink “very disappointed” in timing of McCarty report It’s been two weeks since CFO Alex Sink asked Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to come back to the Cabinet …

Miami Herald Naked Politics Blog–August 11, 2009 It’s been two weeks since CFO Alex Sink asked Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty to come back to the Cabinet with a report explaining McCarty’s claims that 40 new insurers with over $4-billion in …

Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY HANNAH SAMPSON Leonard Britton, who, as superintendent of the Miami-Dade school district, was at the helm when riots forced the schools to close and the Mariel boatlifts brought thousands of children all at once to …

Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY SHANNON COLAVECCHIO The popular Bright Futures scholarship program is now worth less and carries more financial penalties than ever before, prompting significant concerns among Florida university officials about the impact to students — particularly those …

Miami Herald–August 11, 2009 BY PATRICIA MAZZEI Calling it a show of confidence in uneasy economic times, Broward School Board members said Tuesday they want to extend Superintendent Jim Notter’s contract another three years — defying a repeated call by …

At this morning’s Cabinet meeting, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty presented a report detailing information on new capital, companies and lines of business in Florida from January 1, 2006 to July 1, 2009.  To view the report, which had been …

The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Agent and Agency Services (“Division”) has issued a Notice of Rulemaking Development regarding the following Rule Chapter: 69B-241: Penalty Guidelines for Bail Bond Agents The purpose of the proposed Rule Chapter is …