Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Lawmakers passed 12 bills creating new exemptions this year, including measures to block access to building plans for healthcare facilities; U.S. Census Bureau address information; data used by a state-run insurance company; and documents revealing the valuation of surplus lands …

The “gentleman” of Tallahassee said an official goodbye Tuesday as the representative for Florida’s 71st House District to his county counterparts.  Hannah Morse reports for the Bradenton Herald. http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article208459224.html

Access Insurance, which provides coverage for 42,785 drivers in Pennsylvania, was found to be insolvent in March.  The Philadeliphia Inquirer reports via the PCI SmartBrief. http://www.philly.com/philly/business/access-insurance-insolvent-commission-drivers-uncovered-20180410.html

Insurance Commissioner James Donelon is joining with Representative Kirk Talbot and Representative Major Thibaut along with Senator John Smith to urge the Louisiana Legislature to support House Bill 472 creating a state-wide reinsurance pool that will stabilize the state’s ailing …

The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation and Chief Industry Liaison, is the 2018 recipient of the Paul DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award given by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society (IRES) Foundation. …

Lawsuits stem from the 2017 hurricanes and affected policyholders in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, National Underwriter’s PropertyCasualty360.com reports. https://www.propertycasualty360.com/2018/04/10/attorneys-ask-mdl-panel-to-transfer-federal-flood/

The vacation rental home marketing giant Airbnb announced Tuesday it has signed a tax agreement with Charlotte County, giving the company tax pacts in 40 Florida counties, FloridaPolitics.com’s Scott Powers reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260873-airbnb-announces-40th-county-tax-agreement-in-charlotte

Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration will decide whether to drop its contract with AIDS Health Care Foundation by the end of this month, WMFE’s Danielle Prieur reports. http://www.wmfe.org/miami-leads-the-country-in-new-hiv-cases-but-some-in-the-city-might-lose-insurance/85505

President Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped two Florida appellate judges with ties to Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Gov. Jeb Bush to serve as federal district judges.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260914-allen-winsor-wendy-berger-picked-to-serve-as-federal-judges

She was slated to be his U.S. Senate campaign’s Hispanic media outreach director, Politico Florida’s Sergio Bustos and Marc Caputo report. https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/04/09/member-of-scotts-media-team-dies-in-florida-keys-boating-accident-355003