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Associated PressDecember 5, 2016

A company Gov. Rick Scott was praising more than a year ago for creating jobs is now delinquent in its property taxes and has never met its hiring goals. The Fort Myers News-Press reported Sunday that Altair Training Solutions was supposed to be a multi-million dollar enterprise with facilities in Hendry and Collier counties where […]

Peter SchorschDecember 1, 2016

This Thanksgiving, a Leon County judge gave trial lawyers one more reason to be thankful. But that may not last long. On Nov. 23 – just one day before Thanksgiving — Circuit Judge Karen Gievers put the brakes on a 14.5 percent workers’ compensation rate increase, scheduled to go into effect Dec. 1. Gievers ruled […]

Peter SchorschNovember 28, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. GOOD NEWS FROM THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND Before we get into all of ‘Castro is dead’ stuff, here are three items worth sharing… SHE SAID YES! via the Facebook page of Floridian Partners’ Cory […]

Michael MolineNovember 8, 2016

If Tuesday’s elections proved one thing, it was that Fair Districts didn’t make much difference in the Florida Legislature. That was the assessment from Marian Johnson, senior vice president for political strategy for the Florida Chamber of Commerce, who spent the Chamber’s election-night party in Tallahassee crunching data. The state Senate appeared to be shifting […]

Michael MolineOctober 26, 2016

Cracking down on shady contractors and attorneys is the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation’s top priority for the 2017 legislative session, but officials made clear Wednesday they intend to protect consumers’ rights in drafting their proposals. “It’s our No. 1 priority, but we would like to fix it in a surgical way,” Caitlin Murray, the […]

Jim RosicaOctober 6, 2016

As expected, state insurance regulators have issued a final order jacking up the price of worker’s compensation insurance by nearly 15 percent. The order was published Thursday. The decision approves the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) request “for an overall combined statewide average rate increase of 14.5 percent,” the Office of Insurance Regulation said in a […]

Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2016

NFIB/Florida Executive Director Bill Herrle on Wednesday criticized workers’ compensation insurers for pushing through a 14.5 percent rate increase this month. Herrle called the increase “massive” and said it would “undoubtedly hurt small businesses by threatening their ability to keep their doors open and employ Floridians.” The National Federation of Independent Business calls itself “the nation’s leading small-business advocacy group,” according […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 29, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. THE FUTURE, BY THE NUMBERS The numbers seem staggering. Fifty-seven percent of Florida children are on free and reduced lunch; and 11.6 percent of Florida children are obese. And despite a per […]

Michael MolineSeptember 28, 2016

Will next year’s legislative battle over workers’ compensation rates prove so all-consuming that other state priorities starve for attention? Fears that it might emerged during the quarterly board meeting this week of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., which wants the Legislature to clamp down on the assignment of benefits agreements blamed for driving up its own […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 28, 2016

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. THE MOST IMPORTANT NUMBER OF THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION … … is 14.5. As in a 14.5 percent hike in the cost of premiums for new and renewed workers’ compensation coverage in […]

"Workers' compensation"

Company praised by Rick Scott hasn’t lived up to promises

Workers comp rate hike ruling gives trial lawyers reason to cheer. But how long will it last?

Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics – 11.28.16

On election night, Florida Chamber happy about ‘pro-business’ Legislature

Insurance regulators provide additional details of legislative priorities

State issues final order for workers’ comp cost increase

Bill Herrle: Worker’s comp hike hurts small biz

Sunburn for 9.29.16 — Behold, the future

Citizens Insurance fears being left in lurch during workers’ comp fight

Sunburn for 9.28.16 – 14.5%