I guess the politicians in Tallahassee think that with COVID-19 impacting our families and businesses, we aren’t going to notice a bill that makes it harder for homeowners to go after developers for building unsafe houses and condos. Well, I noticed. The Florida Senate and the state’s homebuilders and developers and their lobbyist minions should be ashamed of themselves and stop Senate Bill 736 in its tracks. And, Northeast Florida Sen. Travis Hutson (R-St. Augustine), the bill’s sponsor, should stop... Read More

Do you understand how your organization’s health plan renewal is calculated? Employers are often confused and left with no explanation when final health plan renewal rates are 5% to 7% lower than the initial proposed renewal. Frequently, the difference between the initial renewal proposal and the final rates can be attributed to competitive threats. The insurer anticipates that the broker may threaten to market the account to other carriers if the renewal rates are too high. This broker strategy is fundamentally flawed, as the starting point of negotiations are artificially inflated... Read More

At the moment, health care is often one-size-fits-all. But imagine a future where your health care is tailored to you. All of Us wants to make that future possible. How? By creating a resource that allows researchers to conduct thousands of studies on health and disease... Read More

After a 22-month pandemic hiatus Tropical Audubon Society’s Conservation Concert series will reboot on Saturday, Jan. 29, with Take Sixx inaugurating the birding organization’s signature concert series for the 12th year. Their volunteerism has set the tempo for other local bands to follow in their footsteps on the storied Doc Thomas House Keystone Stage... Read More

The Miami Herald has recently been in the news for refusing to run a Florida Power & Light opinion-editorial that presented the utility’s side of a story about solar policy in our state. I guess when the Herald wants your opinion – they’ll give it to you! When the Herald did finally publish FPL’s response, the paper took the liberty of editing much of what FPL had to say. Does the Herald really think it’s okay to censor ideas that don’t fit their narrative... Read More