Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Feb 20, 2018
Pinellas County officials are partnering with the Corps of Engineers to fix the problem also say work is now slated to begin in April, even though a contractor has been in place since September. Sarah Rosario reports for WTSP.com. …
Feb 20, 2018
Top members of state Senate leadership are putting some significant policy changes on the table in the wake of last week’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, including the kinds of gun safety measures that have received scant attention in …
Feb 20, 2018
Governor Rick Scott has organized state and local leaders to meet Tuesday for workshops at the Florida Department of Education, the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Sheriffs Association, SunshineStateNews.com reports. Read more here. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/gov-scott-convenes-leaders-work-solutions-keep-florida-students-safe
Feb 20, 2018
Detectives charged Watson with violating the following Florida Statutes and booked him into the Wakulla County Jail: F.S. 836.10, “Written threats to kill or do bodily injury,” a second degree felony; and F.S.790.163, “False Report concerning planting a bomb, an …
Feb 20, 2018
Two of the three most commonly- and passionately-discussed topics at Monday’s first public hearing for the Florida Constitution Revision Commission’s proposed amendments weren’t even among the 37 active propositions, FloridaPolitics.com’s Scott Powers reports. Read more here. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/256746-guns-greyhounds-privacy-dominate-constitution-hearing
Feb 20, 2018
Seven years ago, the Republican-controlled Legislature even created a $5,000 fine it can impose on mayors if they ever try to enforce stricter regulations on firearms. The Tampa Bay Times’ Elizabeth Koh reports for “The Buzz” blog. Read more …
Feb 20, 2018
About 285,000 motorists with a suspended license in fiscal 2017 did not have a driving offense, according to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The bulk of them were suspended for failing to pay child support and …
Feb 16, 2018
Florida insurer financial stability rating service Demotech issued its most recent update on February 9, 2018, in which it advised that reinsurers will also be reviewed during the coming year.
Feb 16, 2018
Politifact: “Mostly True” One-Third Of Floridians Own Guns Experts agreed there hasn’t been any good research on State Ownership Levels since the early 2000s, when it was around 25 percent, but the number seems to be in the ballpark. Politifact …
Feb 16, 2018
How about legislation requiring the buyers of semiautomatic rifles to obtain liability insurance? A reader writes a Letter to the New York Times editor. Read more here.