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Throughout the campaign, most observers have said that the race between incumbent Rick Scott and former Governor Charlie Crist will go down to the wire. A recent poll heading into the early voting period suggests this remains the case. According to a Qunnipiac poll, Scott and Crist are deadlocked at 42 percent each among likely […]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist has named Miami-Dade County’s Annette Taddeo as his running mate. This selection might help Crist, who is from the Tampa/St. Petersburg area, increase his appeal to South Florida voters, women and Hispanics. Although Crist faces a primary opponent in former Senate majority leader Nan Rich, the focus of this year’s […]
The assessment imposed by the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) will end 18 months earlier than previously projected. Governor Scott and the Cabinet voted to terminate the assessment as of January 1, 2015 rather than the scheduled July 1, 2016, end date. The assessment currently is 1.3% of premiums. Insurers add the assessment amount to […]
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 […]
Governor Scott has filled a 10-month vacancy in the Lieutenant Governor position by naming Carlos Lopez-Cantera to the post. Lopez-Cantera previously served eight years in the Florida House of Representatives and was the Republican majority leader. Since leaving the House, Lopez-Cantera has been the Miami-Dade County property appraiser. The Lieutentant Governor position has been vacant […]
Former state Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink has decided against another run for Governor. Sink lost a close race against Rick Scott in 2010 and was considering another run in 2014. Sink said she instead intends to continue her work with a nonprofit organization she created to assist young entrepreneurs.” After careful consideration, I have […]
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, residential insurance, Rick Scott
After months of committee meetings and discussions, the Florida legislature reached compromises on changes to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation in SB 1770. The bill now heads to Governor Scott’s desk for review. The months leading up to the 2013 legislative session included discussion of far-reaching proposals that would aggressively restore Citizens to its role as […]
Leading into the 2013 legislative session, the most prevalent question relating to Personal Injury Protection (PIP) coverage was whether insurers’ rate filings were meeting the levels of savings lawmakers anticipated. However, that changed when Circuit Judge Terry Lewis found that last year’s PIP reforms improperly limit the remedies available to injured persons. Although the state […]
Implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act has quickly shaped up to be perhaps the highest profile and most hotly debated issue of the 2013 legislative session. Governor Rick Scott surprised many when he announced shortly before the session that he supports expanding Medicaid to comply with the Affordable Care Act. Several Republican policymakers promptly […]
