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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House insurance omnibus bill, HB 359, was approved by its last committee of reference on April 6, 2017. Three amendments to the bill were adopted. The bill will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. One amendment adopted (#194351) dealt with the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1009 Pub. Rec./DFS/Insurance Fraud Information — by RascheinCS/HB 1007/DFS Insurance Fraud Reporting The critically important public records exemption (HB 1009), which is tied to the Department of Financial Services’ package (CS/HB HB 1007) expanding mandatory insurance fraud reporting unanimously passed the House Government Accountability Committee April 6 and is…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill designed to provide clarification as to when the statute of limitation and statute of repose start for construction defect claims by defining when the construction contract is considered complete passed its second Senate committee on April 7, 2017. The bill is now before the Senate Rules Committee,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Saying his goal was to produce stability and reduce rates, Chair Burgess presented the comprehensive workers’ compensation reform bill, HB 7085, to the House Commerce Committee. The bill is a committee bill from the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee. The Commerce Committee spent over two hours on the bill,…