Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related legislative and regulatory events for the week of March 18-22, 2013: All times are Eastern Time (“ET”).  Additional information is available via hyperlink where noted in bold type.      FLORIDA INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE EVENTS …

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Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: There have been numerous discussions both publicly and privately regarding legislative proposals to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.  It appears there is legislative momentum to reduce the top layer of the FHCF …

  Colodny Fass& Webb presents its weekly bill tracking chart for the week ending March 15, 2013. This chart, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, which …

Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: Attached please find the Notice of Invitation for Associate Participating Members for your review. Should you have any questions, please contact Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com).

Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: Today’s call scheduled with the Mimai Herald has been cancelled. Should you have any questions, please contact Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com).

ChildNet agrees to pay $2 million in sex abuse lawsuit The nonprofit agency responsible for managing Broward County’s child welfare system has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the organization of failing to protect two young …

The following article was published in the The Florida Current on March 15, 2013: Thurston:  Foot-dragging on Medicaid will cost state money and lives By James Call www.floridacurrent.com Across the country, state leaders are debating whether to expand Medicaid as …

9:00 a.m.–Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association meeting. Lake Mary, Florida. Agenda includes review of claims provider performance in claims handling. To view the meeting notice, click here.

  In their latest effort to resolve a long-running dispute between the lender and property/casualty industries over the forms that lenders use to verify insurance coverage, legislators at the recently concluded National Conference of Insurance Legislators (“NCOIL”) Spring Meeting urged …