Homeowner’s Insurance: Higher Cost For Less Coverage
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Florida sees small break in deluge of rising property insurance rates
property insurance, Florida Legislature, reinsurance, hurricane season, Kevin McCarty, Insurance Regulation
Tax Cut Package Includes Break for Hurricane Supplies
A $105 million tax cut package passed by the legislature on the last day of session includes a break from sales taxes for consumers purchasing hurricane preparedness supplies as the 2014 hurricane season approaches. Consumers buying hurricane supplies between May 31 and June 8 will be able to do so free from sales tax, assuming […]
New Florida insurance standards to benefit consumers
Kevin McCarty, Florida Legislature, OIR, insurer solvency, Insurance Regulation
Session Winds Down, But Political Season Will Continue
The 2014 legislative session is drawing to a close, but in some respects this only means the political process will shift forums. Florida’s 60-day legislative session has only a week remaining. The last week is always the most active, with bills that have not yet passed being in a do-or-die situation for this year. Among […]
Insurance discrimination bill passes Legislature
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Property insurance market more stable
Office of Insurance Regulatiom, property insurance, Florida Legislature, Kevin McCarty, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, Insurance Regulation
Vehicle Registration Fee Cuts Set to Pass
Later today Governor Rick Scott is expected to sign a bill that will reduce vehicle registration fees that were increased in 2009. Unlike last year, however, the fee rollback is not tied to a repeal of insurers’ salary credit against the premium tax. When the proposal surfaced last year, some legislators sought to fund it by eliminating the credit insurers […]
Session Outlook 2014: Insurance
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