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The Florida Department of Financial Services, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) issued an Informational Bulletin (DFS-02-2019). The Bulletin advises insurers, self-insurers, and other related stakeholders that Florida’s Chief Financial Officer has issued an Order (Case No. 245810-WC) setting the WCATF assessment rate for Calendar Year 2020. This rate has been reduced from the 2019 rate…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 19, 2019 Contact: Christine Ashburn850.728.7255 (cell) / 850.513.3746 Citizens’ Board approves revised 2019 rates reflecting AOB reforms MAITLAND, FL – Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors on Wednesday approved 2019 proposed rates that reflect recent legislative changes to reduce unnecessary litigation and assignment of benefit abuse that have driven up…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurance omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019. The bill contains insurance issues related to property, auto, liability, workers’ compensation, surplus lines property, health, and life as follows: Civil Remedy Notice Prevents a civil remedy notice from being filed within 60…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurance omnibus insurance bill (HB 301) was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019. The bill contains insurance issues related to property, auto, liability, workers’ compensation, surplus lines property, health, and life as follows: Civil Remedy Notice Prevents a civil remedy notice from being filed within 60…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019 and takes effect on July 1, 2019. The bill is in response to a 2018 Florida Supreme Court decision which expanded the dangerous instrumentality doctrine to hold…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The scooter bill, HB 453, was signed by the Governor on June 18, 2019 and took effect immediately. The bill allows local governments to adopt local ordinances governing the operation of scooters. It does not require scooter companies to be licensed in order to operate and does not have…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 862, a tort reform bill dealing with the dangerous instrumentality doctrine, was signed by Governor DeSantis on June 18, 2019 and takes effect on July 1, 2019. The bill is in response to a 2018 Florida Supreme Court decision which expanded the dangerous instrumentality doctrine to hold…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On June 18, 2019, Governor DeSantis signed HB 7 which expands direct primary care. The Florida Legislature passed the same language expanding direct primary care twice during the 2019 Session – once as a stand-alone bill (HB 7) and once as part of a large healthcare omnibus package, HB…