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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 971, the House electronic bike (e-bike) bill, unanimously passed the full House on March 9, 2020 and was immediately sent to the Senate. Upon receipt, the Senate took up the Senate bill, substituted the House bill for the Senate bill, and rolled the House bill to third reading…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) agency bill contains two insurance related provisions – one revising medical clinic licensing law and one revising the shared savings law. The full House approved their bill, HB 731 on March 9, 2020 and sent the bill to the Senate for approval. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1376, the OIR backed credit for reinsurance bill that incorporates substantive provisions from the 2017 Covered Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (EU), passed the Senate on March 9, 2020 with a vote of 38-1 after the Senate heard the bill on Special Order and rolled…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1606 passed the full Senate on March 9, 2020 without debate and with a vote of 40-0. A floor amendment allowing insurers to use hurricane model averages and authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) to examine an insurer’s managing general agents or holding company was withdrawn…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill to increase the salaries of Judges of Compensation Claims (JCCs) to that of county court judges passes this Session after stalling last Session. The full House unanimously approved the bill on March 9, 2020 and sent the bill to the Senate which approved the bill by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate loss run statement bill, SB 292, unanimously passed the full Senate on March 9, 2020. The bill will now go to the House for approval which we expect will happen. A delete all amendment was filed by the bill sponsor exempting life insurers from providing loss run…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate unanimously passed a large courts measure that includes changing appellate jurisdiction for county courts on March 9, 2020, and sent the bill to the House for approval. The House is expected to agree to the bill. The county court appellate jurisdiction part of SB 1392 requires criminal…
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