Category: Florida Legislative News
Mar 18, 2011
FPCA Homeowners Division: As discussed on the call this morning, additional sinkhole data is being collected to identify trends in sinkhole claims as a result of pending legislation. This data is expected to demonstrate the signficance of the sinkhole claims …
Mar 18, 2011
FPCA Automobile Division: As discussed on the call this afternoon, the latest drafts of the bad faith bill are attached for your review and comment. One draft is a redline version, and the other is a clean version. Please provide …
Mar 18, 2011
The Louisiana Department of Insurance (“LDI”) has issued a reminder that legislation requiring the filing of Anti-Fraud Plans in Louisiana became effective on January 1, 2011. Every authorized insurer, except an insurer writing only reinsurance, and licensed HMO must …
Mar 18, 2011
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: Attached in PDF format is a section-by-section analysis of CS/CS/SB 408, the 2011 omnibus property insurance bill, and HB 803, the House companion bill, prepared by Colodny Fass. Should you have any …
Mar 18, 2011
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Lawmakers seek to limit cuts in funding for education Even as state lawmakers work to lessen the cuts proposed by Governor Rick Scott in the education budget, they said …
Mar 18, 2011
The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference today, March 18, at 2:00 p.m. The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 81631#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 11, 2011 meeting, are attached. …
Mar 18, 2011
The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference this morning, March 18, at 10:00 a.m. The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 81629#. An updated agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 11, 2011 meeting, …
Mar 17, 2011
FPCA Homeowners Division Members: Attached is a proposed definition for “catastrophic sinkhole collapse” that has emerged following discussions with bank representatives earlier today. Please review and provide any comments you may have to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) as soon as possible.
Mar 17, 2011
The following news release on the launch of a new website providing access to public records as well as a state employee salary database was issued by the Office of Florida Governor Rick Scott on March 17, 2011. To …
Mar 17, 2011
The Florida House of Representatives Economic Affairs Committee (“Committee”) passed several insurance-related bills at its meeting today, March 17, 2011: To conform it to the Senate version of the bill, two amendments were adopted today to CS/HB 99, which …