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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel In the Senate Infrastructure and Security Committee on February 17, 2020, SB 1606, the only Senate insurance omnibus bill that is moving, picked up provisions from the second stalled omnibus bill via a strike all amendment (798258). The provisions added to the bill are non-controversial and deal with administrative…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1186 makes changes to the drug-free workplace programs in Chapters 112 and 440, F.S. to align Florida’s drug free workplace law with the federal drug free workplace law. The bill was approved by its second Senate committee of reference on February 17, 2020 without amendment. It has one…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 898 increases the FIGA coverage limit and the FIGA emergency assessment maximum for condominium association and homeowners’ association FIGA claims. The bill passed its second Senate committee on February 17, 2020 without amendment and has one committee left. Upon insurer insolvency, FIGA is currently obligated to pay an…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House moved CFO Patronis’ consumer protection bill (HB 1137) out of its last committee on February 13, 2020. The bill will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 1492, has one committee left. There are differences in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Two competing House bills to regulate peer to peer car sharing, and which include insurance requirements, moved in the House this week. They are both now in possession of the House Commerce Committee, their last committee of reference. The two House bills differ on the application of the daily…
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…