Apr 26, 2018
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones appears to be poised for a fight with the insurance industry over a legislative package supports say will protect survivors of last year’s wildfires that struck in the fall, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2018/04/25/487399.htm
Apr 25, 2018
HCI Group announced today that its wholly owned insurance subsidiary, TypTap Insurance Company, has extended its proprietary online quoting and binding platform to include homeowners’ insurance. Previously, the platform was limited to offering TypTap’s flood insurance product. https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/hci-group-launches-insurtech-platform-for-homeowners-insurance-20180425-00670
Apr 25, 2018
The workers’ compensation system and the injured workers it serves are not immune from the nation’s opioid crisis, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/262079-workers-comp-system-hit-by-opioid-crisis
Apr 25, 2018
The classifications at issue are the work of the National Council on Compensation Insurance, or NCCI, the state’s ratings agency for workers’ comp insurers, and they place thousands of workplaces along a scale of risk. Michael Moline reports for FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/262066-workers-compensation-appeals-board
Apr 25, 2018
The Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged—part of the Florida Department of Transportation—is in process of accepting input on its development of a rule amendment to update the liability insurance coverage requirements for related transportation providers. http://www.browardbusinesslawyer.com/liability-insurance-coverage-requirements-increased-florida-transportation-disadvantaged-providers/
Apr 25, 2018
After all, Florida is the place in America where you can buy space alien abduction insurance, Frank Cerabino writes for the Palm Beach Post. https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/cerabino-chance-ufo-sightings-florida-million-question/rM6WLRne4S1KEBSGrfNbHI/
Apr 25, 2018
Nine health plans including Humana and UnitedHealthcare won five-year Florida Medicaid contracts worth tens of billions of dollars Tuesday after more than 40 plans jumped in to bid in the state’s first procurement period since 2013. Susannah Luthi reports for …
Apr 25, 2018
The impetus behind the Special Session effort is a proposed constitutional amendment that polls show will likely pass this November. It would require a statewide vote to approve any future expansions of gambling. FloridaPolitics.com’s Jim Rosica reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/262001-lawmakers-special-session-gambling
Apr 25, 2018
Supporters of former U.S. Senate candidate and Congressman Patrick Murphy want him to run for governor so badly that they’re polling his standing in the Democratic primary and testing the historic decision to pick a Republican running mate who also …
Apr 25, 2018
Governor Rick Scott called an emergency meeting of the Cabinet for Wednesday in anticipation of a federal court not approving a delay in adopting a new system of granting the right to vote to convicted felons. The Tampa Bay Times’ …