Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
Apr 30, 2018
Universal’s retention ratio on impacted policies has continued to run over 90% during the first quarter of 2018. Matt Sheehan reports for Reinsurance News. https://www.reinsurancene.ws/universal-to-maintain-catastrophe-retention-and-increase-reinsurance-cover/
Apr 30, 2018
If successful, the city could be the first in the country to insure its resort tax revenue, Lyle Adriano reports for Insurance Business Magazine. https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/miami-beach-considers-resort-tax-insurance-system-99223.aspx
Apr 30, 2018
A new federal report cast Florida in an unusual role, as the state with the most net job losses, at least for the third quarter of 2017. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA’s Lloyd Dunkelberger reports via SunshineStateNews.com. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/report-shows-hurricane-irma-played-havoc-job-growth
Apr 30, 2018
After Hurricane Irma temporarily knocked out electricity for millions of Floridians in September, state regulators next week will hold a two-day workshop to look at utility preparedness and storm-response plans. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/262353-regulators-look-at-utility-hurricane-plans
Apr 30, 2018
The FWCJUA warned that Florida workers’ compensation law would be upended if companies such as ART are viewed as employers under Florida law, that such a ruling would vitiate the licensing requirement for employee leasing companies, and that run-of-the-mill payroll …
Apr 30, 2018
The vast majority of the deceased have been pedestrian trespassers struck and killed by trains, according to the federal data and news and police reports. Lisa Broadt reports for TCPalm.com. https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/shaping-our-future/all-aboard-florida/2018/04/27/76-train-deaths-3-years-florida-east-coast-railroad-more-dangerous-than-reported/383293002/
Apr 30, 2018
Despite $400 million attached to the state’s response to the Parkland shooting, districts are having to get creative to stretch the dollars or come up with their own. The Tampa Bay Times’ Emily Mahoney reports for “The Buzz” blog. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/04/30/headline-suggestions/
Apr 30, 2018
When the negotiations were finalized, Humana was able to edge Coventry Health Care of Florida, doing business as Aetna Healthcare, which received higher marks on the ITN but wasn’t the agency’s pick in awarding a plan for the area. Christine …
Apr 30, 2018
More than 100,000 women claim they have been damaged by mesh implants, with manufacturers setting aside $3 billion to cover settlements, according to a New York Times story. The Florida Record reports. https://flarecord.com/stories/511402102-florida-ag-aware-of-pelvic-mesh-allegations-currently-reviewing
Apr 30, 2018
Candidate qualifying begins Monday at noon and continues until Friday for candidates in congressional, judicial, state-attorney and public-defender races. FloridaPolitics.com Publisher Peter Schorsch analyzes. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/262404-five-storylines-to-watch-heading-into-federal-candidate-qualifying-week-in-florida