A Florida bill that would make it a felony offense for an employer to ban employees from keeping guns at work in their car trunks has an insurer group and a safety organization shaking their heads.
HB 129, sponsored by State Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, "seems so nonsensical--it seems like a horrible public policy," Joseph Annotti, senior vice president, Public Affairs, for the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America told National Underwriter. "It would surprise me if this has any political legs at all."
He added that Georgia, Alabama and neighboring states "would be putting up welcome signs for Florida businesses who decided they could no longer employ people there or comply with that law. I think it would be very damaging to the Florida economy, not to mention the public safety issue."
Recommended For You
Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader
Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:
- Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
