OIR: Edison Insurance Company Public Rate Hearing
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GT: Litigation Financing Discussion Held In House Committee
By: Greenberg Traurig On December 12, 2019, the House Civil Justice Subcommittee held a discussion on consumer litigation financing. The materials from the discussion may be found here. Following the comments below, Chair Bob Rommel noted that this Legislature generally looks to deregulate industries rather than establish new regulations. He previously worked in the auto…
GT: Hospital Systems Transactions Required Reporting Begins Moving In House
By: Greenberg Traurig HB 711 by Rep. Colleen Burton (R-Lakeland) was approved by the House Health Market Reform Subcommittee on December 11, 2019. The bill amends the Florida Antitrust Act related to transactions by hospitals, hospital systems, and provider organizations. It imposes reporting requirements when a transaction between two entities in the health care market…
GT: Citizens Board Meets; OIR Approves Citizens 2020 Forms
By: Greenberg Traurig Citizens Board Meeting The Board of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) met Wednesday in Orlando. Outlined below is a summary of some of the actions taken by the Board. Also provided are the links to the materials provided at the meeting. Comments by Citizens Chair – Chair Bo Rivard kicked off the…
FIC: Workers’ Comp Nurse Registry Attendant Care Bill Passes First House Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Workers’ compensation insurers would be allowed, but not required, to use a licensed nurse registry to place authorized compensable attendant care services for injured workers under a bill approved by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee on December 11,2019. HB 437 was approved by the Subcommittee after a strike…
FIC: Condo Property Insurance Subrogation Bill Moves In House
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 623, is a comprehensive condo association bill that contains one insurance provision. That provision prohibits a condo unit owner’s property policy from allowing the unit owner to subrogate against the condo association if the association’s policy does not allow the association to subrogate against the unit owner. The…
FIC: FIGA and FWCIGA Bill Moves To Last House Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill (HB 329) primarily clarifying how FIGA and FWCIGA levy assessments against insurers passed its second House committee on December 11, 2019 without amendment. The bill has one committee left. The bill is supported by the guaranty associations and is substantially similar to a bill that…
Citizens again to evaluate reduction options
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FIC: Autoglass Bill Killed In Senate Committee
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On December 10, 2019, the Senate autoglass bill (SB 312) was killed during its first committee stop when the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted it down on a 4-4 vote. The vote on the bill came after several amendments to the bill failed. This is the second…