1:00 p.m.–The Captive & SPV Use Subgroup of the Financial Condition (E) Committee meeting. Discussion: Study insurer’s use of captives and special purpose vehicles to transfer 3rd party insurance risk in relation to existing state laws and regulations and establish …

  The Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) met today, January 26, 2012, and took action on a number of insurance-related bills. The Committee heard SB 1404 relating to Title Insurance by Senator Thad Altman, adopted one amendment to …

  The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference today, January 27, at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  9708508#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the January 20, 2012 meeting and …

  At its meeting today, January 26, 2012, the Florida House of Representatives’ Civil Justice Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”) took up House Bill 427 relating to Civil Remedy Against Insurers by Representative Kathleen Passidomo (R- Naples).  In briefly explaining her bill, Representative …

The following article was published in The Florida Current on January 26, 2012: Texting while driving ban moves closer to the Senate floor By Gray Rohrer Sen. Nancy Detert’s legislation (SB 416) to ban texting on cell phones while driving …

The following article was published in The Florida Current on January 26, 2012: House panel votes down bad faith bill By Travis Pillow Plaintiffs’ lawyers eked out a narrow victory over insurance groups on Thursday, as a House committee narrowly …

The following article was posted to the News4Jax.com website on January 26, 2012: Storms grow 3 months after hurricane season ends Nearly three months after the 2011 hurricane season ended, storms are still growing stronger and one has even grown …

The following article was published in The Polk County Democrat on January 26, 2012: Citizens bill passes Subcommittee A proposal to shift more of the financial burden of a catastrophic hurricane on the backs of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. customers …

The following article was published by The Sunshine State News on January 26, 2012: Simmons withdraws Super Property Tax Exemption Effort;  May Try Again By Jim Turner A statewide referendum designed to pump life into the housing market by creating …

The following article was published in The Sunshine State News on January 26, 2012: Senators back expansion of Governor’s nominating powers for judiciary By Jim Turner A “compromise”  to give Gov. Rick Scott and future governors the power to name …