Wednesday s Daily Pulse | 1/20/2021
Gov. DeSantis targets vaccination ‘tourism’
Gov. Ron DeSantis is working on guidelines meant to stop COVID-19 vaccination “tourism” in Florida. Appearing at two news conferences Tuesday, DeSantis said he wants to make sure the state’s COVID-19 vaccine supply is being directed to Florida residents. “That can include people who live here half the year, but it’s not for people just visiting,” the governor said during an appearance in Rockledge. The effort came after media reports about people from outside the state coming to Florida to get vaccinated. [Source: WJXT]
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Florida’s Property Insurance Market Is ‘Spiraling Towards Collapse’ Due to Litigation: Report
Florida’s property insurance market is “spiraling towards collapse” and requires immediate attention if there is any chance of protecting the market, consumers, and ultimately, the state’s economy, according to an analysis about to be presented to the Florida Legislature.
The report points a finger at the state’s “litigation economy” as the main contributor to insurance market woes seeing it as more of a direct cause than the many weather events Florida has suffered.
Among its findings:
Litigation frequency and severity represents an additional expense load of 17% (and rising) on all earned premiums for insurers in Florida compared with other catastrophe-prone states.
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will take up a proposal to replace the requirement motorists carry personal-injury protection coverage key to the no-fault system with mandatory bodily injury coverage.