The Florida Department of Financial Services’ Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFSAT) have been deployed across the state to protect Floridians from post-storm fraud that could occur in the aftermath of Tropical Storm...
Category: Florida Department of Financial Services
State Challenges Ruling on Life Insurance Law
May 25, 2018
Florida’s government is challenging a Leon County circuit judge’s ruling that part of a 2016 law imposing new requirements on life insurers is unconstitutional. Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis and the Florida...
Florida CFO: Monitor Invest 90L, Prepare for the Worst and Understand Your Insurance Coverage
May 25, 2018
Category Archive - Seminars
Ahead of Invest 90L’s potential impact, Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis stresses the importance of understanding insurance coverage and financial preparedness. As Floridians finalize their preparations, Patronis reminds...
As the 2018 hurricane season approaches, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis reminds Floridians to contact his Disaster Fraud Action Strike Team (DFAST) if they suspect they may have fallen victim to insurance fraud...
CFO seeks Citizens’ lobbying disclosure transparency
May 21, 2018
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is trying to bring the public into his campaign to force disclosure of lobbying targeting Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s property insurer of last resort. Patronis wrote...
Final Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group Meeting October 31, 2017
October 24, 2017
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James will host the fourth and final Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group meeting on October 31, 2017 in Tallahassee. The Insurance Consumer Advocate formed the...
U.S. Government Accountability Office Examines Soaring Air Ambulance Rates, Potential Regulatory Action
August 4, 2017
In a report requested by U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster and Ranking Member Peter DeFazio, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recommended that...
The Florida Division of Insurance Agent and Agency Services issued a Notice of Change today, July 6, 2017, on Rule 69B-250.002, “Qualifications of Mediators,” which is one of three proposed Rules relating...
Florida Division of Agent and Agency Services Proposes Neutral Evaluator Certification Rule Amendments
June 14, 2017
The opportunity to submit written comments is open until July 5, 2017 on proposed Rules relating to the certification of neutral evaluators used in neutral evaluations for sinkhole insurance claims in Florida....
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group Holds Third Meeting Today
June 13, 2017
The third meeting of the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s Emergency Medical Transportation (“EMT”) Working Group is in progress this morning, June 13, 2017, until 1 p.m. (ET) in Tallahassee. To...