Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Audit blasts Florida Medicaid program over data contract

Mar 30, 2018

Florida’s Medicaid program has been rapped by auditors who questioned what the state got for millions of dollars spent, the Orlando Sentinel reports. State seeks changes in Medicaid program http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-state-audit-medicaid-20180330-story.html  

Seminole Tribe talks could lead to gambling special session

Mar 30, 2018

After failing to reach consensus on gambling issues during the regular legislative session that ended this month, House and Senate leaders are considering a special session to address a potential agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida.  THE NEWS SERVICE …

Daylight saving time all year in Florida?

Mar 30, 2018

Scroll this interactive graphic from the Tampa Bay Times’ Langston Taylor to see what it would actually be like. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/30/daylight-saving-time-all-year-in-florida-scroll-this-to-see-what-it-would-be-like/

Industry still dumping pollution into Florida waterways, report says

Mar 30, 2018

In less than 2 years industrial facilities dumped more pollution than allowed into Florida waters 270 times; that’s according to a new report from the Environment Florida Research & Policy Center called Troubled Waters, WNMF.com reports. http://www.wmnf.org/industry-dumping-pollution-florida-waterways/

Florida attorney general wants in-person meeting with Facebook

Mar 30, 2018

The request comes after the company allowed the release of 50 million users’ personal data without their consent, the Tampa Bay Times’ Lawrence Mower reports via “The Buzz” blog. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/29/florida-attorney-general-wants-in-person-meeting-with-facebook/

As Congress stalls, Trump quietly overhauls flood program

Mar 30, 2018

FEMA expanded its reinsurance purchase this year, and is actively weighing whether to move even deeper into financial markets by tapping other kinds of securities — a decision that’s expected to be made in the coming weeks. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/29/as-congress-stalls-trump-quietly-overhauls-flood-program-491384

Citizens Property Insurance reopens Irma claims

Mar 29, 2018

Citizens Property Insurance has reopened more than one-third of its 66,761 claims from Hurricane Irma to revisit damage estimates, the state-backed company announced Wednesday.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via News4Jax.com. https://www.news4jax.com/weather/hurricane-irma/citizens-property-insurance-reopens-irma-claims

Demotech Takes on “Stare Decisis”

Mar 29, 2018

Whether an insurance company is reviewing its policies, forms, and endorsements or its claims procedures, protocols, and practices, the insurer and other interested parties assume that precedent decisions by the courts will be followed by the courts when they decide …