Lawmakers have left to the last day for non-budget bills the question of how to respond to a 2008 Supreme Court decision that nullified a fee schedule for lawyers in workers compensation cases. Businesses, fearing higher...
Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings is marketing a collateralised Florida-only sidecar vehicle to provide it with additional reinsurance capacity at the fast-approaching US mid-year renewal season, The...
The law and governmental consulting firm Colodny Fass has continued its expansion with the addition of associate Jennifer C. Erdelyi. Former associate Katie Scott Webb has also been promoted to partner.
With budget talks stalled between the House and Senate, Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to unveil a plan Wednesday afternoon that will provide several hundred million dollars more this year from expanded gambling by the...
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FCHF) has decided not to buy private reinsurance in 2009 or renew the put option it bought from Berkshire Hathaway, The Insurance Insider understands. However, reforms to the...
The Florida House gave preliminary approval Thursday to taking a mandatory 5 percent pay cut to their $31,300 salary for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. The debate started when Rep. Ron Saunders, D-Key West, proposed allowing...
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a measure (SB 886) Wednesday that would allow parents to sign pre-event waivers. However, that was after lawmakers inserted a provision that provided that parents could only sign a waiver...
The Florida Senate is expected to take up its pari-mutuel gambling measures on Thursday as it moves toward an inevitable conference committee to hammer out details with competing and more conservative House legislation. Sen....
For every grant dollar provided by the My Safe Florida Home (MSFH) program for strengthening Florida homes, hurricane losses are expected to reduce by as much as $1.50, according to preliminary analysis by catastrophe risk...
By KATHLEEN HAUGHNEY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, April 13, 2009… A politically sensitive game of football has left county clerks’ offices waiting to see who will be in control of their...