Category: Insurance Regulatory News

  After 3-Week Delay Telling Public About Contaminated Sinkhole, Governor Rick Scott Wants Faster Notice For three weeks, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Officials kept mum about a Phosphate Mine’s 300-Foot-Deep Sinkhole that dumped 215 million gallons of Contaminated Water into the …

  Stand Your Ground insurance? It is Florida, After All Why should we be surprised at this latest Insanity about Florida, Guns and The American Way?  The Tampa Bay Times’ Sue Carlton wonders.   West Palm’s Flood Rule:  New Homes …

  The Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) reported today, September 23, 2016, that the Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) has published a new proposed draft of the public adjuster-related “Prompt Notice Rule,” Rule 69B-220.051, entitled “Conduct of Public Adjusters …

  Governor Scott Defends Environmental Agency’s Handling of Sinkhole Water Spill Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday came to the defense of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over its handling of a spill of 215 million gallons of Contaminated …

  Water damage property loss trends have far from stabilized in Florida, it was reported at Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s (“Citizens”) Consumer Services Committee (“Committee”) meeting this week on September 15, 2016.   Collectively for all carriers, overall claims-related lawsuits …

  Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum Responds to Rick Scott’s Criticism About Hurricane Recovery Power Outages in the City have led to Open Complaints from Governor Rick Scott about the speed of repairs and restoration following the storm.  WXTL-TV reports. Five …

  Governor Scott Requests a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for Florida Following Hurricane Hermine Governor Rick Scott requested that President Obama make a Major Disaster Declaration for Florida due to severe storms and flooding that impacted communities and businesses throughout …

  Mosaic to Have 3rd Party Test Private Wells Near Mulberry Plant Where Sinkhole Opened, Dumping Contaminated Water Mosaic Co. has retained a third-party company to test private wells near the plant where a sinkhole recently opened up, dumping about …

  Florida Regulators Approve Rate Increase for Citizens Policyholders The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation approved a 6.4 percent overall Rate Increase for 2017 for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Homeowners’ Multiperil Policyholders across the State.  According to Citizens, the increase is …

  Negron Upends Senate Appropriations Committee Staff in Effort to Cushion Any “Loyalty Gaps” Fresh off a bitter two-year fight to become Senate President, Senator Joe Negron, R-Stuart, is shaking up the Senate’s Professional Staff in a way the Legislature hasn’t seen since …