The number of health insurers willing to compete in the federally run Health Insurance Marketplace for Florida enrollees for 2015 has grown, according to forms filed with a state agency by Friday’s deadline. One that stayed out last year, giant UnitedHealthcare, is among them. In general, studies show the more
Floridians who buy their health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace will have new companies to choose from next year, but how much they’ll pay is still unclear. About a dozen health insurers filed documents by Friday’s federal deadline indicating they intend to sell marketplace plans in Florida next
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is delaying by several months a planned expansion of its policy clearinghouse t0 make available those policies up for renewal, in order to improve the online system handling the policies. The clearinghouse was created in reform legislation passed during 2013 as part
A new ad by Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign has a simple message: Scott and his wife Ann have shown Florida their tax returns, so it’s only fair that former Gov. Charlie Crist and wife Carole show theirs. In the ad released June 25 called “What’s He Hiding,” Scott’s political group Let’s
Most politicians would love to be in Jeff Atwater’s and Adam Putnam’s shoes this year. Both Cabinet officials are on the ballot this year and face third-string, at best, Democrat challengers, letting them use 2014 to work on building for the future. Democrats had high hopes for Allie Braswell last
ORLANDO, FL – Citizens Property Insurance Corporations’ Board of Governors on Wednesday approved a 2015 rate package that reflects an overall average 2.9 percent statewide decrease for personal residential policyholders across the state. Single family homeowners will see an average drop of 3.2 percent for the coming year under a
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Nearly seven out of 10 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation personal-lines policyholders will see rate reductions in 2015 under a slate of rate recommendations to be considered Wednesday by the Board of Governors in Orlando. Under the proposed rates, policyholders with homeowners policies will experience an average decrease
A new poll released Monday from the Florida Chamber of Commerce Political Institute finds Gov. Rick Scott ahead of former Gov. Charlie Crist, his leading Democratic opponent. The poll of likely voters shows Scott, who is backed by the Florida Chamber, ahead with 41 percent, Crist right behind with 38
The weeklong qualifying period for Florida candidates in this year’s races ended with a surprise when Rep. Reggie Fullwood, D-Jacksonville, missed the deadline due to a notary public’s error. State candidates were required to qualify by noon Friday for the 2014 races, with the primaries scheduled for Aug. 26 and
Florida Rep. Ritch Workman and two Canaveral Port Authority commissioners — Jerry Allender and Tom Weinberg — won re-election at noon Friday, when no one qualified to run against them. In addition, two incumbent Brevard School Board members — Michael Krupp in District 1 and Barbara Murray in District 2