Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer said Friday that he’s setting an example of transparency, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2018/04/23/487100.htm
While the remains of her store were being appraised by a TWIA adjuster, the policyholder discovered that her agent had accidentally listed the wrong street address number for her property, Lyle Adriano reports for Insurance...
First District Court of Appeal Approves Open Records Exemption for Insurance Claim Disputes
April 20, 2018
An appellate court on Thursday unanimously upheld a public records exemption covering the names and addresses of consumers who challenge the disposition of claims against homeowner or sinkhole insurance claims. Michael...
Multimillion-dollar Florida tobacco verdict upheld
April 20, 2018
A divided state appeals court this week upheld a nearly $6.4 million verdict in a case filed against cigarette-maker Philip Morris USA by the widow of a Jacksonville man who died of smoking-related illnesses. THE NEWS...
Rick Scott’s Medicaid numbers come under fire
April 20, 2018
As Scott’s administration this week submits a request to the federal government to trim the amount of time people have to apply for Medicaid coverage, the state’s estimate of $98 million in savings associated with the...
Rulemaking Underway on Florida Life and Health Insurance Could Change Some Agent Requirements
April 20, 2018
Florida life and health insurance agents may want to note the outcome of rulemaking currently underway by the Florida Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services, Colodny Fass reports....
The zones target low-income census tracts in all 67 counties, making businesses and developers working there eligible for deferred capital gains taxes under the newly-approved federal Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. Once...
Judge rejects challenge to controversial Florida school law
April 20, 2018
The lawsuit centered on a measure, commonly known as HB 7069, that was a priority of House Speaker Richard Corcoran, a Land O’ Lakes Republican, and became one of most-controversial issues of the 2017 Legislative...
Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch, an appointee of fellow Martin County resident Senate President Joe Negron to the Constitution Revision Commission, defended the bundling of topics in six of the eight amendments the 37-member panel...
Four Democratic gubernatorial candidates squared off Wednesday during a televised debate hosted by Tampa Bay’s Fox 13 news station. FloridaPolitics.com Publisher Peter Schorsch gives his analysis....