In other Sunshine State news, state Sen. Jack Latvala may be mounting a challenge to current Senate Majority Leader Andy Gardiner.
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Letters From Tallahassee
With the state’s GOP primary behind us, attention should turn to lawmakers efforts to fix the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
Gov. Scott’s Jan. 10 State of the State kicked off a legislative session that might include action on some long-awaited insurance reforms.
While those in northern climes hope for a white Christmas, the Florida Legislature is prepared to heat up with a jam-packed January legislative session.
Should Sunshine State lawmakers get around to them, bills dealing with auto insurance PIP reform, Miami gambling and dwarf-tossing all are expected to be put forward.
Last year, Citizens paid out nearly $250 million in claims while only collecting a little over $30 million in sink hole premium. Essentially, Florida doesn’t have a sink hole problem, but rather an insurance claims problem, writes Florida director Christian R. Cámara.
The director of The Heartland Institute’s Florida office today said the decision by Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corporation to raise its rates for sinkhole coverage was a painful but necessary step to assure the solvency of the state agency. A measure signed into law last month gives Citizens, the state’s largest writer of property insurance, [...]
Christian Cámara has been thinking about Governor Scott thinking about high speed rail projects.
Greetings from oppressively hot Florida! This week has seen some interesting news out of this, a normally boring state. This week Governor Rick Scott signed another controversial bill into law requiring welfare applicants to undergo a drug test at their expense. Those applicants that pass, however, are reimbursed the cost of the drug test. The [...]
Florida director Christian R. Cámara on local politics and good coffee.
