Florida House of Representatives Speaker Marco Rubio asked Gov. Charlie Crist to add auto insurance and property tax relief to the Legislature’s special session on budget-cutting next week after Senate President Ken Pruitt turned him down. Crist, though, declined to …
Florida lawmakers will have one eye on projections showing the state will face more tax shortfalls over the next three years when they meet in special session next month to cut the current budget, House Speaker Marco Rubio said. Rubio …
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said this week he was “pretty close” to calling a special legislative session to seek renewal of the state’s no-fault automobile insurance system, which is set to expire Oct. 1. Insurance companies have been pushing to …
An insurance company lawyer argued to the Florida Supreme Court earlier this month that his client should not have to pay full policy limits for wind damage to a home destroyed mainly by flooding during Hurricane Ivan. Florida Farm Bureau …
Hospitals cannot be held liable in medical malpractice cases for failing to ensure doctors with staff privileges meet state financial responsibility requirements through insurance or other means, the Florida Supreme Court has ruled. The unanimous ruling disapproved of decisions by …
Flashlights, gasoline cans, weather radios and plastic tarps are among the storm preparedness items that will be available tax-free as hurricane season begins. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has signed a bill into law making certain hurricane and severe weather preparedness …
Private insurers would have an easier time getting rate increases and an effort would be launched to end competition from the state-created Citizens Property Insurance Corp., under a bill that cleared a House panel last Friday. The measure would counteract …
The bipartisan spirit that took hold of the Florida Legislature earlier this year in the effort to lower homeowner insurance rates is showing signs of cracking in the House over property tax relief. A divide has developed over a proposal …
Part-time Florida residents and so-called “snowbirds” who insure their cars back home cannot make claims under Florida laws that may be more favorable to them than those in their own states, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling applies …
“Snowbirds” and other part-time Florida residents who insure their cars back home cannot make claims under Florida laws that may be more favorable to them than those in their own states, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling applies …
