Legislation introduced this year by Republican Senator Jack Latvala and passed into law today, gives insurers in Florida the ability to offer a new type of personal lines residential sinkhole insurance coverage. The bill, SB 1274, outlines how insurers can …
Using drones to take photos of people on their own property will be illegal in Florida beginning July 1, 2015. Gov. Rick Scott signed SB 766 last week. The legislation limits the use of remote-controlled drones. Drones will not be …
Florida is going to launch a pilot program to help foster children drive. Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday signed a bill (HB 977) that sets up a three year program that will help pay the costs of driver’s education, auto …
There is one simple way for a Florida medical clinic to avoid being licensed and undergoing an annual inspection: Don’t accept insurance. A bill moving through the Legislature would close that loophole for so-called cash-only clinics, which can escape government …
Cash-only medical clinics are allowed to skirt the licensing and regulation most other clinics are subject to, a loophole that a Florida lawmaker contends allows some of them to dispense drugs illicitly. State Sen. Eleanor Sobel, D-Hollywood, addresses the secrecy …
Florida lawmakers say they want to protect policyholders’ second amendment rights to bear firearms by preventing insurers from issuing, renewing or canceling a policy based on whether the policyholder possesses a gun. The state’s Senate Banking and Insurance Committee earlier …
A bill that would allow high-priced, out-of-state companies often called surplus lines to remove homeowners’ insurance policies from Florida’s state-backed insurer faces an uncertain future with time running out in the 2012 session. Debate was pushed into Thursday with a …
Legislation designed to crack down on the fraud that leads to more expensive personal injury protection insurance required of all Florida drivers was filed by state Sen. Joe Negron on Monday. Negron’s bill (SB 1860) targets fraud issues that have …