Katie Edwards-Walpole Won’t Run for Florida House Again
March 6, 2018
She said she isn’t running for her final term because she’s a newlywed with a ready-made family and wants time to phase into her new life. ...
Florida is still the fraud king, FTC report finds
March 6, 2018
Here are some bragging rights that we’d rather not have. Florida is once again tops among all states with the highest number of fraud reports. The Tampa Bay Times reports via Crain’s Miami....
Hurricanes left behind mountains of trash in the Virgin Islands — and there’s nowhere to put it
March 6, 2018
Over the past 4½ months, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local contractors have collected more than 736,000 cubic yards of debris — the equivalent of 61,000 truckloads — as they rush to clean up St. Thomas, St. John...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has appointed Nicholas “Nick” Lorusso as chief deputy of the Louisiana Department of Insurance and Denise Dunckel as the deputy commissioner of Public Affairs, Insurance...
Colodny Fass Dealmaker Sandy Fay Closes $16.68M Federated National Insurance Transaction
March 6, 2018
Colodny Fass partner Sandy Fay in Sunrise and Broad and Cassel partner Nina Gordon in Miami represented Federated National Holding Co.’s purchase through its Federated National Insurance Co. subsidiary, Lidia Dinkova...
Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report – Tuesday, March 06, 2018
March 6, 2018
Category Florida and Insurance News
Irma Loss Increase Triggers Reinsurance Claim For Florida Citizens Florida Citizens Property Insurance is now expecting to make some Reinsurance Recoveries related to its Hurricane Irma Claims. Trading Risk reports....
Many Commuter Railroads Still Have Significant Additional Implementation Work and Opportunities Exist to Provide Federal Assistance, U.S. GAO Reports
March 5, 2018
Category Florida and Insurance News
The Federal Railroad Administration should identify and adopt a method for systematically communicating information to railroads and use a risk-based approach to prioritize its resources and workload, the U.S. Government...
The Florida Senate on Saturday unanimously approved a bill that would curb the ability of health insurers and HMOs to retroactively deny claims, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. ...
Investigators from the Miami Police Department and the Florida Department of Investigative and Forensic Services’ Bureau of Insurance Fraud raided two clinics in Miami-Dade County, Ryan Smith reports for Insurance Business...
Florida Legislature trying to wrap up work in final week
March 5, 2018
State lawmakers’ long to-do list for the final week includes a sweeping gun and school safety bill, an education bill and a payday loans bill. The Associated Press reports via the Gainesville Sun. Final budget items start...