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Today on Context Florida: Antonin Scalia, American Forests, the sharing economy and Presidentsā€™ Day

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Today onĀ Context Florida: Jim Rosica talks with Florida legal legend Sandy Dā€™Alemberte, who reminisces on fond memories of Antonin Scalia. The Supreme Court Justice died Saturday at the age of 79. Manley Fuller introduces us to a national nonprofit group called American Forests, which since 1940 has been scouring the U.S., looking for the biggest trees in the land. When they find a big tree, they make measurements, compare with other known specimens, and finally record the biggest as Champion…

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Insurance, real estate coalition seeks homeowners insurance reform in 2016

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More than a dozen Florida real estate, construction and insurance groups announced Tuesday that they are teaming up to push for homeownersā€™ insurance reform in the 2016 Legislative Session. The Consumer Protection Coalition seeks to curb a practice known as ā€œassignment of benefits,ā€ where owners sign away their insurance policy to a third party who will collect on their behalf. The 17-member coalition, led by the Florida Chamber of Commerce, contends AOB is being abused to extract more cash from…

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Ben Pollara: Why I support Jeff Brandes for Florida Senate

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I’ve been a member of the Florida Democratic Party since I first registered to vote at 18. I’ve never voted for, nor given money to, a Republican running for a partisan office. “Hyperpartisan” is an apt description of my political state of mind. But the other day, I contributed $1,000 ā€“ the maximum I could give under Florida law ā€“ to state Sen. Jeff Brandes’ re-election campaign, and I could not have been happier to do so. My donation wasn’t…

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Florida Chamber Summit debates who should set insurance policy rates

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Whether insurance policy prices should be set through government regulation or left to market forces was the hot topic Tuesday for a panel of top insurance minds. ā€œWhen you look at the program of protecting coastal properties, itā€™s been an absolute failure,ā€ said Steven Pociask, who runs the American Consumer Institute for Citizen Research. ā€œIt subsidizes second and third homes and people [who]Ā live in Monaco. I donā€™t see the point.ā€ Pociaskā€™s remarks were at the Florida Chamber of Commerce Insurance…

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HUD rulemaking, capital requirements dominate federal insurance panel at Florida Chamber summit

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It’s no fun when the federal government gets involved in setting insurance rates, a panel of experts told the crowd at the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s annual Insurance Summit ā€“ and it’s even worse when international authorities get involved. John Fitts, deputy general counsel for Progressive’s Legislative & Regulatory Affairs department, likened the possible entry of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) into the insurance environment as a rule-making authority to the Asian carp, an invasive species…

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Tampa insurance company pays to play, gets burned, then sues

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A lawsuit filed last month by a Tampa-based insurance agency shows pay-to-play mentality may be alive and well in the industry. Brown & Brown of Florida is suing a former employee and her new employer for stealing clients. Insurance agent Shawna Elizabeth Gambill worked for Brown for 17 years before resigning in May. She now works at the Florida headquarters of another insurance company, Willis. Gambillā€™s employment contract with Brown required her to wait two years before contacting any Brown…

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Medicaid expansion would trim $790 million in uncompensated care in Florida, White House report says

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As the House prepares to debate — and most likely vote down — the Senate’s plan to expand access to health care, theĀ White House Council of Economic AdvisorsĀ released an analysis that shows expansion would reduce the state’s uncompensated care costs by $790 million in 2016. TheĀ reportĀ also shows that expanding coverage would result in an estimated 100,000 additional Floridians reporting being in good health and 69,000 fewer residents would suffer depression. The findings in the report — dubbedĀ Missed Opportunities: The Consequences…

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Insurers prepare for Irma aftermath

Insurance companies are prepared to meet Floridians’ needs after Hurricane Irma, state Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Insurance Commissioner

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