Meenan P.A. is proud to have initiated and sponsored the Art Collins Leadership Scholarship to provide scholarships through the Florida Legislative Black Caucus. We have raised $55,000 so far, and have commitments to get an additional $45,000, for a grand total of $100,000. Established at the Community Foundation of North
Meenan P.A. was proud to set up and make the inaugural contribution to the Art Collins Leadership Scholarship Fund to provide scholarship grants to students selected by the Florida Caucus of Black State Legislators Foundation. Art Collins was the first professional staff of the Caucus, and has become a successful
Meenan P.A. was proud to sponsor the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance Summit December 4th and 5th, 2024, in Orlando. Tim Meenan and Susanne Murphy attended and led several informative panel discussions. Tim was one of the Masters of Ceremony, and also moderated a panel discussing the aftermath of three
The 2022 Florida General Election is complete. A Republican wave swept the state from the top of the ballot to the bottom. Republicans control the Governorship and Cabinet seats – all winning by a 20% margin — and strengthened their majorities in the Legislature. One House race HD106 could be
By Tim Meenan, Dan Olson & Joy Ryan Meenan Law Firm The Florida Legislature met in special session from May 23 – 25, 2022, to address the affordability and availability of residential property insurance as well as condominium law reforms related to the Surfside condo collapse. The Legislature passed
2019 was a busy legislative year in the vehicle service contract and vehicle protection product warranty industry with 12 states passing legislation directly affecting the laws regulating these products. Below is a brief summary of the major changes made in each of these states; however, there may be other nuances
On April 5, 2019, the First DCA issued a rare en banc decision in Sedgwick CMS and The Hartford/Sedgwick CMS v. Valcourt-Williams, Case No. 1D17-96. Writing for the majority, Judge Winsor opined that Valcourt-Williams, a workers’ compensation claims adjuster employed under a telecommuting agreement for claims adjudication firm Sedgwick CMS,
In Timbs v. Indiana, 586 U.S. ___ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court established that the Eighth Amendment’s ban on excessive fines is an incorporated protection that applies to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause. While the facts in Timbs were centered around the accused’s underlying conduct in
In November 2006 Consumer Reports ran a full page ad in the USA Today dismissing the value of extended warranties. The SCIC responded quickly with a full page ad of their own. Warranty week has just published an article looking back on that Consumer Reports ad and how service contracts have
Tim Meenan talks about next week’s Extended Warranty & Service Contract Innovations conference taking place next week in Nashville. Tim is chairman of the conference, though he says, “I’d like to take credit, but in reality, when you look at the caliber of who is speaking, that’s really what speaks more volume