The Florida Senate Judiciary Committee, in consultation with the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, is working on an interim project relating to insurance bad faith in preparation for the 2012 Regular...
The News Service of Florida reported today, August 1, 2011, that Florida Governor Rick Scott is “less adamant” than he was last week about eliminating Personal Injury Protection coverage requirements in the...
In its “Naked Politics” blog, The Miami Herald reported today, July 29, 2011, that Governor Rick Scott indicated during a media appearance this morning that he felt Personal Injury Protection insurance...
Predicting that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Nonadmitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement will face continued constitutional challenges about its “improper and...
Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos announced today, July 18, 2011, that he has withdrawn from the race for U.S. Senate. His campaign office issued the news release below. Should you have any...
The comprehensive Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (“TWIA”) reform bill, HB 3, was passed by the Texas Legislature on June 28, 2011 during a Special Session. Immediately upon the adjournment of...
Monitoring of the effects of SB 408 on Florida’s property insurance market an evaluation of the regulatory and marketplace impact of the expansion of the types of commercial lines insurance that are...
Among other bills, Florida Governor Governor Rick Scott signed CS/HB 1007 relating to Insurer Insolvency on June 24, 2011. For CS/HB 1007, Governor Scott issued a transmittal letter to Florida...
A controversial 2001 Florida Supreme Court ruling that defined how motor vehicle “crashworthiness” cases were tried was overturned with the enactment of CS/SB 142 Relating to Negligence, which Florida...
Intended to encourage residential property mitigation and stronger building codes, respectively, two bills were filed in the U.S. House of Representatives during June 2011. Below is a summary of each: H.R....