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A 2012 contract with a West Palm Beach law firm was billed as helping state-run insurer Citizens better handle sinkhole lawsuits, but records show a third fewer cases were settled in 2013 and average monthly litigation costs more than doubled. “It appears they are charging us more while doing less,” said state

Following up on a law passed last year, Gov. Rick Scott has appointed Tavernier banker Bette Brown as a consumer representative on the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors. Lawmakers last year approved a wide-ranging Citizens bill that included giving the governor authority to name a board member who “serves solely

The Florida property insurance market is starting to benefit from the recent enactment of reforms addressing the rising costs of property insurance and an eight-year span without a major hurricane hitting the state. Concrete evidence that the insurance market is moving in the right direction was noted just a month ago when Florida

The debate that dominated last year’s legislative session hasn’t gone away. Hospitals, powerful business alliances and grassroots advocacy groups still believe Florida should access the billions of federal dollars available for Medicaid expansion. The difference between this year and last: Nobody wants to talk about it. House Republicans, who blocked a similar move in

STATE OF THE STATE – “DESTINATION OPPORTUNITY” Remarks as prepared for delivery: Good morning, Chief Justice Polston and distinguished members of the Supreme Court. Welcome Attorney General Pam Bondi, Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam. President Gaetz and Speaker Weatherford and a special welcome to Florida’s new Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera. To the

Welcome back to our final Session. If you kept my gift from Organizational Session, the countdown clock, you’ll note that there are 245 days left. But for all practical purposes, we’re in the final 60 days of what I hope will mark a productive, meaningful, and policy-focused second half. And

A Florida House bill that would promote “telehealth” – patient care from a distance – passed a key committee Monday by a unanimous vote. It provoked an outcry from the Florida Medical Association. The bill, (HB 751), would allow patients to be diagnosed and treated from afar using high-quality video

A 2012 contract with a West Palm Beach law firm was billed as helping state-run insurer Citizens better handle sinkhole lawsuits, but records show a third fewer cases were settled in 2013 and average monthly litigation costs more than doubled. “It appears they are charging us more while doing less,” said state