Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin M. McCarty announced today that he is resigning effective May 2, 2016 after 12 years in the post to pursue other job opportunities, according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). McCarty has served as …
Real estate brokers have joined the chorus of those asking Congress to halt some of the changes to the nation’s flood insurance program that will raise premiums for some owners of property in flood zones. At the invitation of Florida …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has joined other Republicans lawmakers around the country in questioning privacy issues surrounding the navigators hired to walk people through their health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act. “What we do not know is how …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott — and other top state officials — quickly distanced themselves last month from a controversial deal approved by Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to shift thousands of homeowner policies to a start-up insurance company. But emails show …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is vetoing a bill that would have allowed some young immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally to apply for a temporary driver’s license in the state. The Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill that said …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that removes the ability of state regulators to challenge health insurance rates for a two-year period. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson had called for the bill to be vetoed, saying the legislation was …
Specific government job categories must be considered for mandatory drug testing in Florida, an appeals court concluded in a ruling that said a judge went too far in blocking enforcement of across-the-board public employee screening ordered by the state’s governor. …
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has narrowly approved a plan allowing a domestic insurer to remove 60,000 policies and receive as much as $52 million from Citizens in exchange. A short-handed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. board of governors by a …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott told federal health officials in a letter Friday that he isn’t convinced a state health exchange will lower health care costs for Floridians, and that he’s worried the actual costs could end up exceeding early estimates. …
In the face of criticism, the top executive of Florida’s state-backed property insurer acknowledge his decision to close the insurer’s office in charge of corporate oversight before having its replacement in place was ill-advised. Citizens Property Insurance Corp. executives recently …
