Well, political realities mean this probably won't go very far, but Sen. Mike Bennett just dropped a little bombshell while explaining his bill to let private property insurers charge whatever the market dictates.
Bennett, the Bradenton Republican who is no fan of the state-run Citizens Insurance or of Insurance Commissioner [...]
Rep. Bill Proctor and Sen. Mike Bennett are reviving their attempt to deregulate large private property insurers' rates -- this time with proposed legislation that would open up the rate deregulation for all private insurers, big and small.
Proctor, R-St. Augustine, filed HB 447 this morning and is planning a press conference' [...]
Rep. Bill Proctor and Sen. Mike Bennett are reviving their attempt to deregulate large private property insurers' rates -- this time with proposed legislation that would open up the rate deregulation for all private insurers, big and small.
"This is to revitalize the private insurance market in Florida, which we know is [...]
From today's St. Petersburg Times editorial page on the Times/Herald report of free health insurance premiums for elected officials and select state employees:
For years, the Republicans in charge in Tallahassee have pledged to save tax dollars by making government act more like business. Now it looks like those leaders [...]
Former Tallahassee city commissioner Allan Katz, a lawyer and lobbyist who helped run President Barack Obama's Florida campaign, just got nominated by Obama to be ambassador to the Portuguese Republic.
Katz, an Akerman Senterfitt attorney, meets regularly with CFO Alex Sink,and was appointed by her to serve on the Citizens Insurance board. He has [...]
Top Florida lawmakers are balking at Congress' plans to help more poor people get health care, though they've protected an entitlement of their own for years: free insurance premiums. Taxpayers have been stuck with covering the premiums — at an annual cost of about $45 million — even while lawmakers [...]
Top Florida lawmakers are balking at Congress' plans to help more poor people get health care, though they've protected an entitlement of their own for years: free insurance premiums.
Taxpayers have been stuck with covering the premiums at an annual cost of about $45 million -- even while lawmakers pledged to scrimp [...]
Collier Merrill hosted a successful fundraiser for Holly Benson last night at The Fish House. Benson is running for the Republican nomination for Florida Attorney General. She is the first Panhandle native to run for a statewide office since Skip Hunter ran for Insurance Commissioner in 1994. She was introduced [...]
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In politics, payback can be a real ...well, you know, female dog.
Sen. Mike Bennett insists his just-filed bill isn't payback, but it sure could affect the job security of Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty.
SB 740 would require that the Cabinet, acting as the Financial Services Commission, reconfirm the insurance regulation leader' [...]
In politics, payback can be a real ...well, you know, female dog.
Sen. Mike Bennett insists his just-filed bill isn't payback, but it sure could affect the job security of Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty.
SB 740 would require that the Cabinet, acting as the Financial Services Commission, reconfirm the insurance regulation leader [...]
From Wednesday's St. Petersburg Times editorial page: Florida's state-run insurer absolutely should be rooting out fraud and incompetence that is inflating hurricane-mitigation discounts for homeowners. But Citizens Property Insurance Corp.'s board of directors should not award a no-bid $60 million contract to a private vendor who has not tackled a [...]
The Broward school district's once-coveted health insurance committee has officially lost its luster.
The cost to cover employees' dependents is skyrocketing starting Jan. 1. The School Board has taken heat for moving from two insurers to one last year -- and accepting a price hike this year.
On Tuesday, the three' [...]
If those pesky blogs would just stop reporting on lazy, good-for- nothing people like this kid who want to use too much health insurance, Blue Cross could make more money. It's a "non-profit," after all.State Farm Florida said Friday it's encouraged by talks with Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty but the giant insurer is not reversing its plan to pull out of Florida's property insurance market.
"The fact is nothing has fundamentally changed," State Farm spokesman Chris Neal said. "We do believe we're having [...]
The board of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. approved what is likely the largest no-bid contract in its history last month, awarding a $60 million deal to a software company in Jacksonville. The contract gives Inspection Depot Inc. responsibility for coordinating reinspections of as many as 400,000 of the 1 [...]
Shortly before her town hall meeting today in Pembroke Pines, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz talked about Saturday's vote on healthcare legislation in Congress. The bill contained an amendment -- opposed by all Florida Democrats, even the two who voted against the overall bill -- that bans insurance companies that [...]
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The Democratic National Committee said today that it will target "vulnerable" Florida Republicans C.W. Bill Young and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for voting against the House health care plan despite Barack Obama winning their districts in 2008.
"You would think a member of Congress should think twice about voting against health insurance reform that [...]
