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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle agency package (HB 1053) has some changes to crash reports obtained from the agency that may be of interest to auto insurers. The bill passed its second committee on April 2, 2019 and is now in its last committee. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills to expand the application of Florida’s one way attorney fee statute to suits brought by “contractors” against surety insurers under payment or performance bonds for losses due to breach of a building or construction contract are moving through the legislature this year. SB 1200 and HB 1247 are…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The 10% per year rate increase limit that applies to all policyholders of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) will be reduced to 5% for the next two years for policyholders in Monroe County which includes the Florida Keys. The bill reducing the glidepath was approved on April 2, 2019…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 337 by Rep. Leek (R) increases the jurisdictional threshold for county court, along with other changes to the court system. It passed its second House committee on April 2, 2019. It was not amended. The bill has one committee left. The Senate county court jurisdiction bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package passed another committee this week. HB 1393 passed its second House committee on April 1, 2019 with one amendment to remove a change related to unclaimed property that had a negative fiscal impact. The bill has one committee left.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1640, the Senate professional license deregulation package, was approved by its first committee of reference on April 2, 2019 with a strike all amendment. The Senate bill has two committees left. The House bill is in its last committee. The professional license deregulation bill appears…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate both moved their vulnerable investor protection bill in committee for the second week in a row. SB 1466, passed its second committee on April 1, 2019 with a strike all amendment that kept the substance of the bill, but made some minor changes. The Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 2, 2019, the Senate passed their bill to expand the current state group health insurance mandate for enteral formulas out of its second committee. The bill was not amended and has one committee left. The House and Senate are taking different approaches this year on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate omnibus insurance bill (SB 714) cleared its second committee on April 1, 2019 when the Senate Judiciary Committee approved it. A strike all amendment (791632) was adopted by the committee to add numerous issues to the Senate bill to more closely match it with the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel After spending an hour amending the workers’ comp bill and taking public testimony on it, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee postponed a vote on their workers’ comp bill. This is the second time a vote has been postponed – both times because the sponsor did not have enough…