Insurers seeking limited apportionment company (“LAC”) status for 2012 must petition the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) within the first 90 days of 2012, meaning by tomorrow, March 31, 2012. Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. …

10:00 a.m.–Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association Inc. Board of Directors meeting. Teleconference: 866-866-2244; code 7903005

1:00 p.m.–Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance meeting. Discussion on anticipated Federal Insurance Office report on how to modernize and improve insurance regulation. To view the meeting notice, click here.

  At the State Consumer Health Information and Policy Advisory Council (“Council”) Quarterly meeting held today, March 29, 2012, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (“AHCA”) Secretary Liz Dudek and AHCA Legislative Director Chris Chaney provided the Council with a …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) has advised that the filing due date for Part 1 of its Annual Reinsurance Data Call has been extended to Monday, April 16, 2012.  Also, questions 34 and 35 of the Data …

  New York Department of Financial Services (“Department”) Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky has issued Insurance Regulation 187, an emergency measure dealing with Suitability in Annuity Transactions.  The measure adds Part 224 of Title 11 of the Official Compilation of the State …

FPCA Homeowners Division Members: The Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) held a Rule Workshop on March 22, 2012, on proposed Rules 69B-220.051 and 69B-220.201, Florida Administrative Code, relating to public adjusters and public adjuster apprentices.  The record for the …

  Testimony of Sandra F. Braunstein, Director of the U.S. Treasury’s Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, given on March 29, 2012 before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C.   To …

  The Louisiana House of Representatives Insurance Committee is scheduled to meet April 4, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., during which it is expected to consider various insurance-related bills.  A complete listing of the bills is attached in PDF format.   …

The following article was published in the Tampa Bay Times on March 29, 2012: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in fight against health care law By Erika Bolstad Blessed with sound bite sensibilities in an all-male scrum of long-winded gray …