Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Mar 5, 2008
Tallahassee Democrat–Mar. 5, 2008FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU The Florida Legislature is in session through May 2. The key issues yesterday and what’s coming up: TOPIC: SESSION CONVENES WHAT HAPPENED: Senate President Ken Pruitt charted a moderate agenda. House Speaker Marco …
Mar 5, 2008
Tallahassee Democrat–Mar. 5, 2008 CAPITOL By Jim Ash FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU CHIEF Print Email to a friend Subscribe Florida Senator Daniel Webster can’t hold back a smile as he receives a standing ovation from his friends in the Florida …
Mar 5, 2008
Daytona Beach News-Journal–Mar. 04, 2008 By JIM SAUNDERS Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Charlie Crist is an optimist. He makes that clear time after time. So when Crist helps start the annual legislative session today with his televised State …
Mar 5, 2008
South Florida Sun-Sentinel–Mar. 5, 2008 The state’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would beef up the My Safe Florida Homes program, which provides grants for hurricane mitigation inspections and for toughening homes against storms. …
Mar 5, 2008
Miami Herald–Mar. 05, 2008 BY MARC CAPUTO AND MARY ELLEN KLAS After moving the annual State of the State speech to 6 p.m. so Floridians could watch their government in action, Gov. Charlie Crist turned his 30-minute address into a …
Mar 5, 2008
 To view a complete story, click on a headline below: EDITORIAL: A state of denial On a gloomy Tuesday in Tallahassee, Gov. Charlie Crist remained the sunny optimist. 2008 Legislature roundup WHAT HAPPENED: Senate President Ken Pruitt charted a …
Mar 5, 2008
Attached, please find information regarding legislative action at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) February 28 through March 1 Spring Meeting. Lawmakers adopted, among other things:  ·        a resolution supporting the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) and encouraging …
Mar 4, 2008
Miami Herald–Mar. 04, 2008By MARC CAPUTO No ”major” insurance revisions or tax-cut plans. Big budget cuts. Money for the wrongfully incarcerated. More legislative control of state universities. Don’t expect a whole lot more out of the Florida Legislature during the …
Mar 4, 2008
Miami Herald–Mar. 04, 2008 BY MARC CAPUTO Before Day One of the 60-day state lawmaking session began under stormy skies, Democrats sought to make the times even darker for the Republicans who control the Legislature by bashing the conservative chiefs …
Mar 4, 2008
As budget cuts await the state Legislature, Crist faces a hard sell. By Steve Bousquet, Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler, and Alex Leary, Times Staff WritersSt. Petersburg Times–Mar. 4, 2008 TALLAHASSEE – It will take all the optimism Gov. Charlie Crist can …