Florida's next special session remains a mystery – Politico

Hello and welcome to Tuesday.Congratulations to The Miami Herald and Tampa Bay Times, which picked up Pulitzer Prizes on Monday.Tick, tick — There’s less than two weeks to go before state legislators are supposed to return to Tallahassee for a special session aimed at doing something about the meltdown in Florida’s property insurance market.Here’s what we know right now — There is still no deal, or agreement, on what legislation will be enacted during the week-long special session, which continues to be beset by rumors that other items — can you say data privacy? — will be added to the mix as well.Behind the scenes — Word is that draft legislation is being floated around. There is also optimism that some sort of resolution will be reached to try to deal with a vicious cycle that involves lawsuits, rate hikes, undercapitalized companies, the ever-growing policy count of the state-created Citizens Property Insurance and the continued clout of out-of-state reinsurers. Reinsurers do a good job at pushing back against proposals that would make it easier for in-state insurers to access Florida’s reinsurance fund known as the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.Enter the governor — During the most recent regular session, Florida Gov.…
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