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By: Greenberg Traurig, FIC Lobbyist Attached (click here) is an informational memorandum from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) allowing the use of electronic signatures for the submission of odometer disclosures, declarations and other actions. During the 2020 Session, language was approved allowing this activity. However, due to the emergency…
March 30, 2020 To: All Self-Insurers, Insurers, Claim Administrators, and Medical Service Providers From: Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Subject: Telehealth and Telemedicine Services Provided Under Chapter 440, Florida Statutes In response to the recent outbreak of COVID-19, the Division of Workers’ Compensation is providing the following information related to telehealth and telemedicine services provided…
March 28, 2020 New York Press Office: (917) 923-8245; media@iii.org NEW YORK, March 28, 2020—U.S. insurers are covering employees and employers facing exposure to COVID-19 while easing the financial burdens of its customers and communities during an extraordinary time in the nation’s history, according to the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I). Read more
STATE OF FLORIDA OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 20-86 (Emergency Management – COVID-19 – Additional Requirements of Certain Individuals Traveling to Florida) WHEREAS, Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a severe acute respiratory illness that can spread among humans through respiratory transmission and presents with symptoms similar to those of influenza; and Read…
Mar 27, 2020 Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) is advising farmers to utilize new flexibilities for crop insurance announced by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA). Read more
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The OIR has published changes to the administrative rules on changes to target loss ratios by health insurers and HMOs. The proposed changes are attached. 69O-149.006 69O-191.055 According to OIR’s summary of the rule changes, an insurer or HMO can increase the target loss ratio for an individual or…
Following is the Florida Insurance Council’s 2020 Post Session Bill Summaries on bills relating to insurance agents and adjusters that were filed for the 2020 Legislative Session. The Report is organized by topic: 2020 FIC Post Session Summary – Agent and Adjuster Bills.
Following is the Florida Insurance Council’s 2020 Post Session Bill Summary Report for bills relating to life insurance that were filed for the 2020 Legislative Session. The Report is organized by topic: FIC 2020 Life Post Session Bill Summaries.
Following is the Florida Insurance Council’s 2020 Post Session Bill Summary Report for bills relating to auto insurance that were filed for the 2020 Legislative Session. The Report is organized by topic: FIC Auto Post Session Bill Summaries.
Following is the Florida Insurance Council’s 2020 Post Session Bill Summary Report for bills relating to property insurance that were filed for the 2020 Legislative Session. The Report is organized by topic: FIC 2020 Property Post Session Bill Summaries.