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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House property insurance contingency risk multiplier bill (HB 7071) which essentially codifies the federal standard allowing use of a multiplier for fees in only rare and exceptional cases passed its last House committee on February 13, 2020. It was not amended and will now be heard on the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill (SB 1298) to increase the salaries of Judges of Compensation Claims (JCCs) to that of county court judges passed its second Senate committee on February 13, 2020. The bill was amended to conform to the House bill. Both House and Senate bills have one committee left. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 799 and HB 801 revamp Florida’s trade secret protection laws. The bills cleared their last committee on February 13, 2020 and will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. Legislation revamping Florida’s trade secret laws were proposed the past few Sessions. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1409 creates a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which current law already protects from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes Own-Risk and Solvency…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 351 expands the current law on direct primary care agreements by allowing podiatrists to enter into these agreements with individuals. Current law only allows allopathic physicians, osteopathic physicians, chiropractic physicians, nurses, or dentists to use direct primary care agreements. The bill also changes other regulations for podiatrists,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Brandes (R) had to temporarily postpone the vote on his omnibus insurance bill on February 11, 2020 when he did not have the votes to pass the bill. Sen. Lee (R) is the swing vote in the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee and in a heated debate on…