Recap of Week 8 & Preview of Week 9 of Session
This was supposed to be the last week of session for the Florida Legislature but House and Senate leaders late last Thursday announced they’re still far apart on a …
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Story Tag: Reinsurance
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Recap of Week 7 & Preview of Week 8 of Session
Classes resume this morning (April 21) at Florida State University here in Tallahassee following last Thursday’s mass shooting by a student who in a span of less than 5 …
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Recap of Week 6 & Preview of Week 7 of Session
Last week was a slow week in the Florida Legislature for insurance and related bills, as both the House and Senate turned their attention to the only bill they …
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Recap of Week 5 & Preview of Week 6 of Session
Given the increasing momentum of pro-litigation measures in the Florida Legislature, we are adding HB 881 and HB 947 to this week’s Bill Watch. Despite the fact there are …
McCarty to Legislature: Don’t Overreact
How past reforms are easing reinsurance burdens
Former Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty weighs-in directly on the MGA controversy, what the recent legislative reforms to Florida’s property insurance market have done for needed reinsurance availability, plus a new study shows …
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Recap of Week 4 & Preview of Week 5 of Session
We’re entering the halfway point of the nine-week Florida legislative session. Amid competing tax cut proposals and multi-billion-dollar differences between the House and Senate state budget plans, comes some …
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Recap of Week 3 & Preview of Week 4 of Session
Despite repeated news stories – and now the year-end 2024 report by insurance regulators that net homeowners insurance rates have declined across the Florida market – some state lawmakers …
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Recap of Week 2 & Preview of Week 3 of Session
By week’s end, we’ll be a third of the way through the Florida Legislature’s nine-week session. Given that the pre-session committees heard very few bills, lawmakers are rushing to …
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Start of session
The slow and interrupted pace of the past two months of Florida legislative committee meetings yielded an avalanche of bills in the last two weeks prior to this past Friday’s filing deadline, including several shocking bills that …
The truth about Florida’s insurance market − an agent’s perspective
by Allen McGinniss
(Editor’s note: This is published with permission from the author, who previously published it on Florida Politics.)
I will continue fighting for truth, transparency, and real solutions while pointing out incomplete or naive information when I see …
