During its meeting yesterday, June 15, 2017, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s (“Citizens”) Consumer Services Committee reviewed proposed changes to the method by which it...
Category: Insurance Regulatory News
Capital to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report, Friday, June 16, 2017
Florida Insurance Commissioner Calls For Assignment Of Benefits Changes Commissioner Altmaier is weighing changes to claims forms—things like narrowing the definition of emergency mitigation or imposing...
Capital to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report, Monday, June 15, 2017
Reinsurers in Florida Advised Caution Over AOB Epidemic If the Assignment of Benefits Epidemic sweeping Florida continues unchecked, insurers with weaker capitalisation could see rating downgrades or be put out of...
Florida Division of Agent and Agency Services Proposes Neutral Evaluator Certification Rule Amendments
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....
Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report – Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Air Ambulances: Insurers Call for End to Balance Billing to Consumers Consumers should not receive devastating Bills for tens of thousands of dollars for Air Ambulance Transport when Providers and Insurers cannot agree...
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Updates Personal Lines Assumptions Calendar
Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) advised today, June 13, 2017, that the edited version of the 2017 Personal Lines Assumptions Calendar was not emailed to the Takeout...
Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group Holds Third Meeting Today
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...
Capital to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report, Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Flooding Prompts Miami to Consider Returning Some Homes to Nature Miami’s Shorecrest Neighborhood, near Biscayne Bay, deals with frequent flooding because of storms and high tides. Local Officials are considering...
Water damage claims litigation statistics to be reported at the upcoming Citizens Property Insurance (“Citizens”) Claims Committee meeting on June 15, 2017 do not bode well for South Florida, with 93...
Capital to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report, Monday, June 12, 2017
Florida Legal Insurance Launches Bringing Affordable Legal Services to Floridians Florida Legal is a Nonprofit Legal Insurance Organization now operating across the State of Florida and founded with a vision to ensure...