Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Friday, December 11, 2015
Dec 11, 2015
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Daily Florida Insurance-Related Events
There are no insurance-related events scheduled for today.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related News
South Florida levee fixes aim to prevent flooding, insurance spike
Upgrades to the East Coast Protective Levee are intended to avoid flooding in Broward and Palm Beach counties, the Sun-Sentinel’s Andy Reid reports.
Florida Approves Removal of Up to 75,115 Policies from Citizens
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved the removal of up to 72,534 personal residential policies and 2,581 commercial residential polices from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Insurance Journal reports.
Florida, other states buying more coastal homes to fight flooding
After suffering heavy losses from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, New York pledged to spend $400 million in federal and state money on buyouts to create more buffers on the coasts of Long Island and Staten Island. Tim Henderson reports via the Florida Courier.
Florida Congressional Representatives Back Review of Seismic Testing in Atlantic
More than 30 members of Congress, including ten representatives from Florida, sent a letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management calling for an environmental review of seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean. Kevin Derby reports for SunshineStateNews.com.
Florida Senate again focused on Uber driver insurance
The Florida Senate isn’t ready to match a House proposal that would prevent local governments from regulating popular app-based transportation services, such as Uber and Lyft. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Jim Turner reports via the Tampa Bay Business Journal.
Finance reports reveal biggest election battles brewing in the Florida Legislature
With less than a year until the November 2016 elections, campaign finance records released Thursday already show where the biggest battles for Florida Legislature seats are developing. Tampa Bay Times’ Jeremy Wallace reports.
Andy Gardiner hopes to avoid health care funding dramas of last Session
Senate President Andy Gardiner says he expects a productive 2016 Legislative Session without the turmoil that fractured last Session. James Rosica reports via SaintPetersBlog.com.
Bid to legalize recreational marijuana will NOT make it on 2016 ballot in Florida
Regulate Florida, the group aiming to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in Florida in 2016 that would legalize recreational pot, is ending their campaign, admitting that they will not be able to get the more than 683,000 signatures needed to qualify for the ballot by next February. Mitch Perry reports for SaintPetersBlog.com.
Judge Rules Uber Drivers Can Seek Expense Reimbursement; Uber to Appeal
Uber Technologies Inc. drivers seeking to be treated as employees won a ruling that could add tens of thousands of them to the case and put hundreds of millions dollars more at stake. Bloomberg’s Joel Rosenblatt reports via Insurance Journal.
Insurance Executive to Co-Chair Trump Campaign in Oklahoma
An Oklahoma insurance executive has been named co-chair of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaign in the state. The Associated Press reports via Insurance Journal.
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