Category: Florida Legislative News

  The following insurance-related bills passed during Florida’s 2010 legislative session become effective today, October 1, 2010.  These bills extend exemptions to records from the Florida public records and meetings laws. The Open Government Sunset Review Act requires the legislature …

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued tax relief guidelines today, September 30, 2010, for homeowners affected by corrosive drywall. The amount of a loss that may be claimed depends on whether the taxpayer has a pending claim for reimbursement …

  U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the status of regulatory reform implementation Washington, D.C. today, September 30, 2010 in Washington, D.C.  His remarks follow: Chairman Dodd, Ranking …

U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin offered the following written testimony entitled “Implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act” on September 29, 2010 to the U.S. Senate Banking Committee: Chairman Dodd, Ranking Member Shelby, and members of …

  Recently, the Supreme Court of Louisiana decided that an insurance agent’s duty to exercise “reasonable diligence” in advising his or her client does not include an “independent duty” to advise the client whether the client has procured the correct …

  Addressing Florida property insurance and tort reform in a town hall meeting today, September 20, 2010, Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Scott released a plan advocating a more open and competitive private property insurance market, including “consumer choice” with regard to …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Broward School Board approves property tax hike, $3.4 billion budget Saying it had no choice but to bend to the will of parents and teachers, the Broward School Board …

  In an opinion issued today, September 13, 2010, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal rejected the most recent challenge to the constitutionality to Florida’s “Save Our Homes” amendment.   Effective since 1995, “Save Our Homes” provides property tax caps for homeowners whose primary …

The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference today, September 13, at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  28582#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the August 10, 2010 meeting, are attached.  …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA — Judge: Amendment 8 OK For Ballot A proposal critics say lets state lawmakers off the funding hook for a 2002 amendment to …