Category: Florida Department of Financial Services

  A proposed Rule published today, April 12, 2016, establishes a presumption that Florida’s statutory requirement that a public adjuster provides “prompt notice” of a claim to an insurer is satisfied if notice to the insurer is given within five …

  Comments are open until January 28, 2016 on two proposed Rules relating to the mediation of property insurance claims.   Proposed amendments to Rule 69J-166.002, F.A.C., “Mediation of Commercial Residential Property Insurance Claims,” and Rule 69J-166.031, F.A.C, “Mediation of …

  Proposed revisions to regulations governing Florida’s sinkhole claims neutral evaluation process will be the subject of a Division of Consumer Services Rule Hearing scheduled for January 6, 2015 in Tallahassee. Part of Rule Chapter 69J-8, Alternative Procedure for Resolution …

  Written comments on major proposed revisions to Florida regulations relating to mediation of commercial and residential property insurance claims will be accepted by the Florida Division of Consumer Services until January 8, 2016. The proposed amendments to Rule 69J-166.002, …

  Rule 69O-166.031, entitled “Mediation of Property Insurance Claims” was recently revised to address the invalidity of a portion of its provisions as the result of the ruling in State Farm Florida Ins. Co v Unlimited Restoration Specialists, Inc., 84 …

  Florida’s Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James will host an October 15, 2015 public forum on the issue of balance billing, with the goal of finding a “balanced approach” to resulting unexpected medical expenses. The event, to be held at …

Above:  Colodny Fass Insurance Lawyer Sharlee Hobbs Edwards Notes July 29 Effective Date of Amended Florida Regulations Relating to Disputed Sinkhole Insurance Claim Neutral Evaluators   Amended Rules relating to alternative procedure for the resolution of disputed sinkhole insurance claims …

Above:  Colodny Fass’ Claude Mueller Notes Florida Division of Insurance Agents and Agency Services Rulemaking on Penalty Guidelines   Managing general agents and surplus lines agents would be subject to penalty guidelines applicable to insurance agents, representatives and others under …

  Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Steve Burgess has retired, the Palm Beach Post’s Charles Elmore reported this afternoon, June 10, 2015. A successor must be named by Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, to whose Department of  Financial Services the …

  Portions of Rule Chapter 69J-8, F.A.C. entitled “Alternative Procedure for Resolution of Disputed Sinkhole Insurance Claims” have been proposed for revision, the Florida Department of Financial Services’ (“DFS”) Division of Consumer Services announced on April 10, 2015.   The Rules …