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....
Category: Insurance Regulatory News
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
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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....
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...