The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today extended until February 17, 2017 the comment period for the advance notice of proposed...
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) released its 2016 Workers’ Compensation Annual Report to the Florida Legislature today, January 13, 2017. The OIR is required by law to evaluate...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced the successful completion of negotiations for a covered agreement with the European Union...
FloridaPolitics.com’s Michael Moline reported today, January 12, 2017, that the National Council on Compensation Insurance has submitted a brief with Florida’s First District Court of Appeal in the...
House Panel Stages Civilized Discussion of Assignment of Benefits Reform The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee held a calm, measured, largely drama-free discussion of Assignment of Benefits reform...
The Florida House of Representatives’ Insurance and Banking Subcommittee is underway until 5:30 p.m. (ET) today, January 11, 2017. Specifically, legislators are reviewing the issues surrounding assignment of...
Calling it an “unconstitutional taking” that Florida hospitals have the ” . . . unfettered right to set whatever outpatient prices they want without any due process safeguards to the payers,” XL...
Bill would establish uniform standards statewide for ridesharing services Tallahassee, FL–Florida Senator Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg) and State Representative Chris Sprowls (R-Clearwater) announced they...
Florida Department of Financial Services regulations applicable to surplus lines insurers and agents relating to the collection of taxes are being proposed for repeal, inasmuch as their functions are now governed by...
Debate Heats Up Over Property Insurance Claims With Insurers and Regulators blaming a surge in water-damage claims for higher property-insurance rates, Florida Lawmakers began grappling with a controversial debate that...