How Rick Scott’s Regulations Rollback Led to Today’s Building Boom

By John Kennedy – Palm Beach Post Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Five years after Gov. Rick Scott scaled back Florida’s growth laws, massive development projects are underway across the state, boosting employment and tax collections but also sparking fears of traffic-choked roads and environmental calamities. Palm Beach County’s unincorporated western area is the site of…

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund May 2016 Estimated Claims-Paying Capacity

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund May 2016 Estimated Claims-Paying Capacity STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION Estimated Capacity NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the State Board of Administration of Florida (the “Board”) of the estimated borrowing capacity, estimated claims-paying capacity, and projected balance of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2016, in compliance with…

State Files Appeal Over State Farm Data

Orlando Sentinel May 22, 2016  TALLAHASSEE — Insurance regulators are preparing for an appeals-court battle with State Farm Florida after a circuit judge blocked the release of information about the company’s property-insurance policies. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation filed a notice of appeal last week after Leon Circuit Judge James Hankinson prevented the release…

State to Study End of ‘No-Fault’ Auto Insurance

The state plans to undertake a study that would determine what would happen if Florida’s no-fault auto insurance program is scrapped. According to a request for proposals posted by the Office of Insurance Regulation, the study is expected to find “the potential impact to Floridians if the personal injury protection coverage requirements were repealed and…