As the committee process has progressed during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, versions of the Florida House of Representatives and Senate omnibus property insurance packages have been amended onto HB 447 and SB 2044, respectively. To assist in evaluating …

  SB 1460, the Florida Senate’s version of a bill that would provide a remedy for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Contract Year glitch was substituted for HB 949, the House of Representatives’ version, after both bills were considered …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Blog:  Florida Cabinet Deals with Property Insurance and Legoland Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet will meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday in the Cabinet meeting …

The following is the text of a speech given by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke at the Independent Community Bankers of America National Convention in Orlando, Florida on March 20, 2010. Preserving a Central Role for Community Banking I’m glad …

The Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Board of Governors (“Board”) met on March 18, 2010, during which it reviewed reports from various Citizens committees and acted upon their recommendations.    To view the agenda and complete meeting documentation, click here.   …

The FPCA Automobile Division has the following meetings scheduled for tomorrow, March 23, in Tallahassee: 10:00 a.m.  Representative Alan Hays 11:00 a.m.  Commissioner Kevin McCarty 12:00 p.m.  Safe Florida Driver Campaign Task Force 1:30 p.m.  Representative Bryan Nelson Attached are …

  A March 27 Reinsurance Task Force agenda from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ 2010 Spring Annual Meeting is accessible via the hyperlink below. Also included with the agenda is a letter from South Carolina Director of Insurance Scott …

Published on March 21, 2010 Despite four years without a South Florida hurricane, insurance companies say they can’t turn a profit. On the table:  rate deregulation. BY BEATRICE E. GARCIA bgarcia@MiamiHerald.com After four hurricane-free years in South Florida, insurance companies …

  The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Consumer Connections Working Group (“Working Group”) has scheduled a public hearing on insurance contract readability standards on March 28 as part of the NAIC Spring 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The hearing, …

Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010.  Revised as of March 19, 2010, the attached …