To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   As Florida lawmakers scramble to lower unemployment taxes, stimulus funds untapped Last year, with unemployment heading higher and worries about the states ability to pay for unemployment …

The Miami Herald published this editorial on February 23, 2010. In tough times, you bargain hunt for quality. There’s no better bargain today in higher education than the Florida Resident Access Grant, or FRAG. It helps high school graduates attend …

The Miami Herald published this article on February 23, 2010. BY KATHLEEN McGRORY Hoping to turn up the pressure in advance of next month’s legislative session, the Miami-Dade school district held a community forum Monday night to discuss its potential …

The Pew Center on the States, a public policy and civic information non-profit organization, issued a report today, February 23, 2010, entitled “The Cost of Delay: State Dental Policies Fail One in Five Children.”  A Pew press release on the report …

  Filed yesterday, February 22, 2010, Senate Bill 2264 by Senator Mike Bennett and its identical companion, House Bill 1181 by State Representative Janet Long, would regulate the activities of public adjusters in Florida.  SB 2264 and HB 1181 would, …

Following its approval by the Florida Cabinet on January 26, 2010, Rule 69O-189.003 relating to Workers’ Compensation; Application and Audit Procedures was filed with the Florida Department of State on February 18, 2010.  The Rule will be effective on March 10, …

Florida Property & Casualty Association Counsel, Colodny Fass, has been contacted by Florida officials requesting insurer information documenting public adjuster abuses.  Ideally, documentation is sought that demonstrates egregious public adjuster activities, such as proven fraud or significant evidence of fraudulent …

Pursuant to an administrative proceeding brought by FFVA Mutual Insurance Company (“FFVA”), the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) held a public Rule Development Workshop today, February 22, 2010, on Rule 690-189.007, F.A.C. relating to Insurer Experience Reporting-Excessive Profits, Workers’ …

    Note:  Until the March 2, 2010 Florida legislative bill filing deadline, Capitol to Courthouse Headliners will provide a listing of insurance-related bills filed each day.  This listing will be located at the end of the news headlines.   …

THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA published this article on February 22, 2010. By KEITH LAING THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, Feb. 22, 2010…….The day after former House Speaker Ray Sansom’s resignation from the Florida House, state officials scrambled to determine when he …