Indianapolis – The Indiana Department of Insurance created the Life Insurance How-To Guide in response to Senate Enrolled Act No. 425 (SEA 425), which is effective on July 1, 2015. SEA 425 requires the Indiana Department of Insurance to develop, post and maintain on the Internet information concerning life insurance
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Governor Rick Scott released the below statement following the announcement from BP on settling with the United States and Gulf coast states impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. As part of the agreement in principle, Florida will receive at least $3.25 billion. This includes
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, the Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding met in Jacksonville for the second stop on its Spotlight Transparency Tour across Florida. Governor Scott charged the Commission with investigating how taxpayer dollars fund hospitals and the affect those tax dollars have on patient outcomes and quality of
The battle over drug prices is playing out in states across the country, with at least four states capping consumers’ out-of-pocket costs and others considering transparency requirements to force drug companies to explain their high prices. The efforts come as the cost of prescription medicines continues to climb, especially among
Wherever you turn in the business and technology media, the talk is all about the next disruption buy generic accutane. In the beginning, there was Google and Amazon. More recently, there’s been Facebook and social media platforms. Insurance has managed to sidestep most of these early forces of radical change
Much of the media attention on climate change focuses on the meteorological effects, such as warmer temperatures, melting icecaps and rising oceans. Of more importance to the insurance industry are questions that receive far less attention, for example: How will these trends impact catastrophe reinsurance contracts and related securities? Will
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Wednesday, Governor Rick Scott’s Commission on Healthcare and Hospital Funding will make the second stop on its “Spotlight Transparency Tour” in Jacksonville. The Commission was formed by Governor Scott to provide greater transparency regarding how tax dollars are used at publicly-funded hospitals and the affordability, access,
Earlier today in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc., the United States Supreme Court affirmed and remanded the opinion of the Fifth Circuit that disparate-impact claims are “cognizable under the Fair Housing Act.” The Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. (“ICP”), a nonprofit corporation that assists low-income
ORLANDO, Fla – Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a 2016 rate package that lowers rates for nearly half of Citizens’ personal lines policyholders while responding to increased water loss claims and continued inadequate rates for its remaining policyholders along the coast. By unanimous vote, the board
TALLAHASSEE,Fla –Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner (R-Orlando) today released the following statement regarding Governor Rick Scott vetoing key funding for Florida’s most vulnerable families. “While Governor Scott will undoubtedly spend the next several weeks traveling the state touting his record number of vetoes as win for Florida’s families, there are