Category: Insurance Regulatory News

Powerful Florida panel now debating proposals for 2018 ballot

Mar 20, 2018

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission on Monday began deliberating nearly 40 proposals dealing with everything from loopholes to state election laws to the retirement age of judges.  Mike Vasilinda reports via WCTV.com. http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Constitution-Revision-Commission-begins-debate-477337683.html

NRA broadsides Florida House Speaker for gun control “betrayal”

Mar 20, 2018

The NRA sued over the age limits almost immediately after Gov. Rick Scott signed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act into law March 9.  Marc Caputo reports for Politico Florida. https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2018/03/19/the-first-casualty-nra-broadsides-florida-house-speaker-for-gun-control-betrayal-319476

Wetland protection poised to shift from Corps of Engineers to Florida DEP

Mar 20, 2018

The move has been criticized by a number of environmental groups, who see it as removing one more layer of protection for the environmentally vital wetlands.  Tyler Treadway reports for TCPalm.com. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-lagoon/health/2018/03/19/wetland-protection-poised-shift-corps-engineers-florida-dep/417298002/

Texas Moves to Liquidate Non-Standard Auto Insurer

Mar 20, 2018

Access Insurance Co. is primarily a provider of non-standard auto insurance and is licensed in 22 states, including the four states in the South Central region — Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2018/03/19/483708.htm

Florida Peninsula Insurance Holds Sarasota Grand Opening

Mar 19, 2018

Florida Peninsula Insurance, one of the largest home insurance firms in Florida, has opened a new underwriting and operations center at 101 Paramount Drive, Suite 250, Sarasota, where it will consolidate a team of 16 underwriters and five customer services agents. …

Blame game escalates in pedestrian bridge collapse that killed six

Mar 19, 2018

What precisely caused the bridge to crumple remains very much an open question, independent experts say.  Mary Ellen Klas, Andres Viglucci and David Ovalle report for the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/19/blame-game-escalates-in-pedestrian-bridge-collapse-that-killed-six/