Mar 26, 2018
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) today released its 2017 Annual Report “A Blueprint for Strategy.” The report outlines the financial health of the NAIC, focuses on initiatives and operations directly impacted by the budget, and illustrates the efforts state insurance …
Mar 26, 2018
Lawsuits and a swirl of questions about financing, manpower and legal liabilities are now clouding the future of the school security push. John Kennedy reports via the Gainesville Sun. http://www.gainesville.com/news/20180324/states-new-school-safety-law-hits-roadblocks
Mar 26, 2018
A powerful panel of Floridians that meets every 20 years is about to decide whether a ban on oil drilling, term limits for school board members and nearly two dozen other ideas should be included in the state’s constitution. The …
Mar 26, 2018
The SmarterSafter Coalition, a group of insurance, taxpayer, environmental and housing organizations, repeated its call that a permanent fix is needed. Reuters’ Ginger Gibson reports via Insurance Journal. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/03/25/484318.htm
Mar 26, 2018
Economists have tended to view immigration as a mitigating factor in estimating the negative impact of the labor shortage. Insurance Journal’s Andrew G. Simpson reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/03/26/484326.htm
Mar 23, 2018
September’s strike of Hurricane Irma was one of the strongest storms Florida has ever seen, Christian Camera tells SunshineStateNews.com. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/cat-fund-and-other-pre-irma-insurance-decisions-allowed-florida-avoid-economic-disaster
Mar 23, 2018
A Florida court has reversed a decision concerning deductibles, ruling in favor of insurance companies rather than health care providers. Amanda Thomas reports for the Florida Record. https://flarecord.com/stories/511367242-florida-appeals-court-reverses-ruling-in-insurance-case
Mar 23, 2018
Even Andrew Rubinstein admitted he was motivated by greed when he got involved in an elaborate $23 million auto insurance fraud that operated for years in chiropractic clinics in South Florida. AutoBodyNews.com reprints Paula McMahon’s Sun-Sentinel story. http://www.autobodynews.com/index.php/southeastern/item/15103-greed-drove-23-million-auto-insurance-fraud-at-chiropractic-clinics-in-fl-feds-say.html
Mar 23, 2018
Proposals to end greyhound racing, ban drilling in state waters and grant additional rights to crime victims are moving one step closer to becoming law. Kevin Robinson reports for the Pensacola News Journal. Packaging, wording key for ballot proposals https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2018/03/22/florida-constitution-revision-commission-picks-25-proposals-advance-draft-committee/449721002/
Mar 23, 2018
Governor Rick Scott signed a bill that could put to rest years of legal and regulatory fights, FloridaPolitics.com’s Drew Wilson reports. Pro-Israel bill, new public records exemptions among 38 Scott signs http://floridapolitics.com/archives/259480-rick-scott-signs-trauma-center-bill