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Talk of the Bay
Special insurance session? Doubt it
By TOM ZUCCO
Published July 31, 2006
The Top 4 Purely Speculative reasons why it could be difficult to call a special legislative session anytime soon to address the state's property insurance crisis: 1. The session has to be called by Gov. Jeb Bush or both Senate President Tom Lee and House Speaker Allan Bense. All three are Republicans and supporters of the reforms passed during the regular session. So calling for a special session would be an indirect admission that their original plan was inadequate. 2. There is no alternative solution that has received widespread support, and Bush said recently he won't call a special session unless there is one. 3. Bush may want to see what comes out of the task force he recently set up, chaired by Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings, that will look into the problem. 4. The insurance industry supported the original reforms, and thinks it is overregulated. Unless a new proposal has something to do with deregulation, don't count on much support.
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