The Miami Herald published this article on February 11, 2010. BY JOHN FRANK Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau In an effort to regain credibility, the powerful trial lawyer lobby hired one of the state’s top Democratic campaign consultants to guide its political …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida counties among group challenging impact fees  Lee, Collier, seven other counties and three government associations filed suit to overturn new restrictions on local impact fees Wednesday, …

The Miami Herald published this letter on February 10, 2010. Re the Feb. 5 letter State attached too many strings, about Florida’s efforts to win the federal Race to the Top competition: Race to the Top is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity …

  Assistance Available for Louisiana Producer Appointment and Termination Electronic Submission Transition Subsequent to issuing Bulletin 09-10, which establishes requirements for the electronic submission of producer appointments and terminations, the Louisiana Department of Insurance (“LDOI”) has indicated that it will …

FPCA Member Feedback Needed on Public Adjuster Bill Draft Florida Property and Casualty Association (“FPCA”) member feedback is needed on the attached draft legislation relating to public adjusters.  Comments and suggestions should be sent to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) by Friday, February …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:  House Speaker limits claims bills this session In a memo signed Tuesday, House Speaker Larry Cretul set guidelines to limit the number of claims bills this …

The Miami Herald published this article on February 10, 2010. BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER Florida’s embattled ban on adoption by gay people suffered another setback Tuesday, when state child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other …

The following editorial opinion piece by State Senator Mike Fasano was published in the February 10, 2010 edition of the Tallahassee Democrat.  The text of Senator Fasano’s editorial is reprinted below, followed by a response from Florida Association of Insurance …

  By Krista S. Kovalcin, AssociateColodny Fass   On December 11, 2009, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued two identical Private Letter Rulings (PLRs) in 200950016 and 200950017. The PLRs each held that, where there was risk shifting and risk distribution …

  Proposed Rules for an annual report card to be used by the Office of the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate in grading authorized personal residential property (homeowners) insurers was the subject of a Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) hearing …