TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature ended its 2017 session this week three days late – and without passing most of the major insurance-related bills. These include Assignment of Benefits reform, Workers’ Compensation reform as mandated by the state Supreme …
Legislative Roller Coaster
Because so many of you have been following the legislative session with LMA, you know this last week has been a roller coaster. We reported a couple of weeks ago that the House Appropriations Committee met and …
Budget Impasse Clears
Last week, the House and Senate’s work on the single, most important constitutionally mandated task – passage of the budget – stalled. The meltdown started a few weeks ago when the House released its version of their …
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Legislature is once again trying to decide what to do with the state’s 45 year-old No-Fault Automobile Insurance coverage law – more specifically, how to handle the persistent fraud that keeps increasing and with it, automobile …
| What’s the Point? |
| Often times at this juncture in the legislative session (we have two weeks left and have been in session for seven weeks), you will hear those in the Capitol hallways say, “what’s the point of being here |
| How to Influence Legislators |
| As most of our readers have noticed, we publish our newsletter every week during the eight-week legislative session in Florida. Dozens of readers call or write and ask “how can we help LMA influence legislators?” to |
April 14, 2017, WMFE-FM Orlando – “There is a resounding cry to ‘Dump PIP’ at the Capitol and start with a fresh slate,” says Lisa Miller, former Deputy Insurance Commissioner. “The debate is spirited, and the sticking point is rates. …
| The Kum ba yah Moment |
| The fifth week of the Legislature was lively to say the least. The Senate and the House are still divided on so many issues including their budgets. On Wednesday of last week the House Appropriations |
