Category: Florida Legislative News
Apr 14, 2010
The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference on Friday, April 16, at 2:00 p.m. The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 63015#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the April 8 and April 9, …
Apr 14, 2010
The House Government Policy Council (“Council”) took up HB 447 relating to property insurance this morning, April 14, 2010. Eight amendments had been filed to the bill, including a strike-everything amendment by HB 447’s original sponsor, State Representative Bill Proctor. …
Apr 14, 2010
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on his view of the economic outlook before the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee on April 14, 2010. Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on the economic outlook Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. …
Apr 13, 2010
Early results of today’s April 13, 2010 Florida Special General Elections for United States Congressional District 19 and State House District 4 were posted in the St. Petersburg Times “The Buzz” Blog, which is reprinted below, along with the Florida …
Apr 13, 2010
Senate Bill 2108 was reconsidered today, April 13, 2010, by the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance Committee (“Committee”) after a Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”)-related amendment previously passed onto the bill was ruled as non-germane. Amendment 519840 by …
Apr 13, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: New class-size amendment clears state House; will be on November ballot A longtime push to scale back the 2002 class-size amendment scored its biggest victory yet Thursday …
Apr 12, 2010
The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference today at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the latest MGA proposal. The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 81275#. Attached is the latest draft of the MGA proposal that will be presented to …
Apr 10, 2010
Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010. Revised as of April 9, 2010, the …
Apr 9, 2010
An opinion-style article on Personal Injury Protection-related fraud has been drafted as discussed during the Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Automobile Division meeting today, April 9, 2010. FPCA members are requested to review the attached article and submit comments to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) by …
Apr 9, 2010
House Omnibus Insurance Package Temporarily Passed CS/HB 447 relating to Property Insurance by State Representative Bill Proctor (R- St. Augustine) was “temporarily passed” (TP’d) by the House General Government Policy Council (“Council”) today, April 9, 2010. This action was taken because …