Letters provided to the Miami Herald were authored by people with hyphenated names and addresses that don’t show up in public records searches. It’s not known how many letters were received by voters....
Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
“I don’t know if you can make insurance companies provide coverage, or they might just leave the state entirely. I think it is a situation where legislators who didn’t know anything about insurance are making rules...
Demotech, Inc. Affirms Financial Stability Rating® of Florida Specialty Insurance Company Based on Its Action Plan
March 30, 2018
Demotech, Inc. has affirmed the Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of A, Exceptional, assigned to Florida Specialty Insurance Company based upon their development and implementation of a business plan that protects the...
Monroe County has estimated a preliminary cost of $93.3 million for Hurricane Irma-related expenses. The figure does not include the airports or mitigation, Insurance Journal reports....
Flood insurance rates climb due to Florida natural disasters
March 30, 2018
Get ready to pay more for flood insurance, NBC reports. http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37842289/flood-insurance-rates-climb-due-to-florida-natural-disasters
Audit blasts Florida Medicaid program over data contract
March 30, 2018
Florida’s Medicaid program has been rapped by auditors who questioned what the state got for millions of dollars spent, the Orlando Sentinel reports. State seeks changes in Medicaid program...
Seminole Tribe talks could lead to gambling special session
March 30, 2018
Category Archive - Seminars
After failing to reach consensus on gambling issues during the regular legislative session that ended this month, House and Senate leaders are considering a special session to address a potential agreement with the Seminole...
Daylight saving time all year in Florida?
March 30, 2018
Scroll this interactive graphic from the Tampa Bay Times’ Langston Taylor to see what it would actually be like....
In less than 2 years industrial facilities dumped more pollution than allowed into Florida waters 270 times; that’s according to a new report from the Environment Florida Research & Policy Center called Troubled...
The request comes after the company allowed the release of 50 million users’ personal data without their consent, the Tampa Bay Times’ Lawrence Mower reports via “The Buzz” blog....