Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Apr 3, 2018
The lawsuit alleges the 2011 law was created to “deter and chill local officials from even considering reasonable, constitutional firearms regulations in their own communities.” THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260310-south-florida-cities-challenge-gun-preemption
Apr 3, 2018
AAA, law enforcement team up to raise awareness of deadly distractions. Ashley Mitchem and Francine Frazier report for News4Jax.com. https://www.news4jax.com/traffic/hundreds-killed-in-distracted-driving-crashes-in-florida-last-year-fhp-says
Apr 3, 2018
The CON process currently requires the state to approve hospitals and other health care providers like nursing homes to add more sites or services, the Bradenton Herald reports. http://www.bradenton.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article207767024.html#storylink=cpy
Apr 3, 2018
According to language inside HB 21, the “dispenser,” or pharmacist, is required to report a slew of identifying information and details each time a prescription for a controlled substance is filled. Danny McAuliffe reports for FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260293-pharmacy-panel-weighs-implementation-of-new-opioid-laws
Apr 3, 2018
A state pharmacy board on Monday criticized the Florida Legislature for not passing a bill that would have allowed Florida pharmacists to test and treat people for the flu and strep throat, SunshineStateNews.com reports. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/pharmacy-panel-critiques-legislature-over-flu-tests
Apr 3, 2018
Governor. Rick Scott has a little more than a week to act on the remaining 19 bills from the 2018 Session, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260281-rick-scott-faces-deadline-on-final-batch-of-bills
Apr 3, 2018
Insurance companies can get information about a house’s exterior square footage, roof type, roof condition, changes in a home and more – all thanks to the use of machine learning to analyze aerial imagery, Alex Knapp reports for Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2018/04/02/this-data-startup-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-figure-out-if-your-roof-is-in-decent-shape/#466d191159db
Apr 3, 2018
Registrations for the first two months of 2018 include 11 re/insurers and one intermediary, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2018/04/03/485100.htm
Apr 3, 2018
An Atlanta man is warning people about an insurance loophole that is making him foot the bill of thousands of dollars in damages after a group of teens turned his rental house into a party house. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/man-says-short-term-rental-policy-cost-him-thousands-of-dollars/725454292
Apr 2, 2018
Thanks to Senator Jeff Brandes and other lawmakers, the state has laid an aggressive groundwork to make Florida attractive to the companies building and testing autonomous vehicle technology. The Tampa Bay Times’ Caitlin Johnston reports for “The Buzz” blog. http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/Florida-law-allows-driverless-vehicles-Does-the-law-go-too-far-_166914400