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....
Category: Florida Insurance and Political Headlines
As Congress stalls, Trump quietly overhauls flood program
March 30, 2018
FEMA expanded its reinsurance purchase this year, and is actively weighing whether to move even deeper into financial markets by tapping other kinds of securities — a decision that’s expected to be made in the coming...
For a good handle on the magnitude of the potential litigation, think asbestos or other major environmental lability lawsuits, Insurance Journal’s Don Jergler writes....
Citizens Property Insurance reopens Irma claims
March 29, 2018
Citizens Property Insurance has reopened more than one-third of its 66,761 claims from Hurricane Irma to revisit damage estimates, the state-backed company announced Wednesday. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via...
Speaking to CBS Miami, Dulce Suarez Resnick breaks down why Florida homeowners are being dropped by their insurance companies....
Demotech Takes on “Stare Decisis”
March 29, 2018
Whether an insurance company is reviewing its policies, forms, and endorsements or its claims procedures, protocols, and practices, the insurer and other interested parties assume that precedent decisions by the courts will...
With this national designation, Leon County becomes the nationwide prototype for disaster resilience and will continue to collaborate with FLASH throughout the 2018 hurricane season to advance resilience by establishing...
Local governments outside of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties will have a more difficult time ensuring public access to some of Florida’s prized beaches after Governor Rick Scott signed a bill from the Legislative...
Judge Gives Governor Rick Scott Less Than A Month To Create New Voting Rights Restoration Scheme
March 29, 2018
Right now in Florida, ex-felons have mandatory waiting period of at least five years before they can vote again. http://news.wfsu.org/post/judge-gives-gov-rick-scott-less-month-create-new-voting-rights-restoration-scheme
Even if the treated waste is cleaned to federal drinking water standards, environmentalists point out that does not eliminate other toxins found in human waste such as antibiotics, anti-depressants and other drugs....