Category: Florida News

Last week, a Pinellas County announced one of the largest verdicts ever against state-run Citizens Property Insurance — $12.7 million.  Susan Taylor Martin reports for the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/realestate/Citizens-hit-with-12-7-million-verdict-acted-in-monumental-bad-faith-homeowner-says_166336231

A report released in January included 78 recommendations, ranging from evacuations to healthcare, aimed at shoring up Florida’s disaster preparedness before this year’s hurricane season.  Elizabeth Koh reports for the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/03/15/after-hurricane-irma-lawmakers-vowed-to-prepare-florida-for-the-next-storm-did-they-follow-through/

The state fire marshal is investigating. Pompano Beach is just north of Fort Lauderdale.  The Associated Press reports via Insurance Journal. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2018/03/15/483383.htm

The clock is now ticking on Gov. Rick Scott to act on his final state budget, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/259035-new-state-budget-lands-rick-scotts-desk

Vickers is a well-known figure among senators and Senate staff as she has served as an adviser to the last three Senate presidents. She also worked for the state’s Department of Revenue for more than 20 years, FloridaPolitics.com reports. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/258962-bill-galvano-names-lisa-vickers-chief-staff

In his absence, the Capitol was stripped from his classic phrases that include “if the bill is too long, you know there’s somethin’ wrong,” “Jesus wouldn’t agree with this,” or “I’m telling you right now, before you shoot yourself in …

Record-low production means a special treasure in Japan is going away, the Tampa Bay Times’ Katie Sanders reports. http://www.tampabay.com/data/2018/03/14/as-floridas-grapefruit-supply-dwindles-japanese-customers-lose-interest/

New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. With his current term ending on June 11, he told Insurance Journal his advice for his successor is based on a …

Consumers hoping the Florida Legislature would agree on bills to slow rate increases for homeowner and auto insurance coverage will have to wait until next year, the Sun-Sentinel’s Ron Hurtibise reports. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-77T5zOvZAhVB6VMKHZEpAi4QqOcBCCYwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2Fbusiness%2Ffl-bz-insurance-reform-failures-20180312-story.html&usg=AOvVaw0WXHsMu1QrMOXamimUmxuM

When legislative budget chiefs agreed during negotiations to spend $1.5 million on a study about extending a toll road north to Georgia, they started to lock into Florida’s new budget some of the 78 recommendations a House select committee created …