Tampa Bay Times Steve Bosquet April 29, 2016 TALLAHASSEE — The third time was the charm Friday as Gov. Rick Scott and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater agreed to hire deputy insurance commissioner David Altmaier to replace Kevin McCarty, the state’s powerful insurance regulator who resigned after 13 years at the helm of the Office…
By Jim Turner The News Service of Florida Published: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 7:17 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, April 27, 2016 at 7:17 p.m. TALLAHASSEE — A disagreement about the pending exit of Florida’s longtime insurance commissioner continued Wednesday, as the state Cabinet prepares to again try to end an impasse about hiring a…
Sun Sentinel Do you have a dog “known to be nervous or temperamental?” If so, Stillwater Property & Casualty can deny you one of its insurance policies. Does your property fail to “show pride of ownership” and does it have one of those roofs “that exceeds their maximum useful life expectancy?” You and Peoples Trust…
Sun Sentinel Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill requiring state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to provide more information to customers targeted for “takeout” by private companies. Scott vetoed a similar bill last year. The new measure requires Citizens to provide estimates of comparable coverage in the private market and rates available with Citizens to customers…
Tampa Bay Times As Gov. Rick Scott and the Cabinet prepare to resume the search for a new insurance commissioner Tuesday, a few legislators are weighing in with their own endorsements of candidates to be Kevin McCarty’s successor. Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, sent Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater a glowing recommendation for Ray Blacklidge, a…
By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, April 21, 2016………. Gov. Rick Scott and the state Cabinet on Tuesday will interview four applicants hoping to be the state’s next insurance commissioner. But an impasse remains between Scott and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, who must jointly agree on the next…
Sun-Sentinel Posted: 04/19/2016, 01:57pm Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is sharing scant details about the scope of its new managed repair program — a cost-reduction initiative that industry experts figure will be imitated widely throughout Florida’s property insurance industry. The managed repair program is intended to allow state-run Citizens to control the claim from beginning to…
Sunshine State News By Allison Nielsen April 20, 2016 U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., says she will run for reelection after all, despite her congressional district being redrawn last year. Just this week, a group of federal judges rejected Brown’s lawsuit alleging the newly-redrawn congressional districts violate the Federal Voting Rights Act and unfairly disadvantage…
BY THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Gov. Rick Scott is firmly behind Palm Harbor resident Jeffery Bragg to be the next insurance commissioner. Late Wednesday, the governor’s office called Bragg, a former executive director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, the “best candidate” for the job that could pay up…
By Jeff Schweers Tribune/Naples Daily News Capital Bureau Published: April 21, 2016 Updated: April 21, 2016 at 12:18 PM TALLAHASSEE – Florida’s legislative leaders have millions of dollars of cash to spend as they see fit on state and local races and ballot initiatives this election season thanks to a state law that allows the…