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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 483 allows insurers and insurance agents to give additional types of promotional and advertising gifts and changes the amount of these gifts to $100/year, rather than $25/gift. The bill is poised for passage after passing the House on February 14, 2018 with a vote of 114-0. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 875 clarifies when a construction contract is complete for construction defect claim purposes. The bill is one vote away from passage and we expect the Senate will cast that vote on March 9, 2018. The House passed HB 875 with a vote of 112-0 on February 21, 2018. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1073, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill with changes to MGA licensure, exchange of business, life agent, and other insurance laws, is heading to the Governor for signature. The House passed the bill on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 113-0. The Senate passed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The public records exemption in current law for proprietary business information provided by insurers in the private market to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) for use in the Citizens Clearinghouse will continue to apply after the passage of HB 7097 during the 2018 legislative session. The bill passed…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House passed the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) bill (HB 351) on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 115-0 and sent the bill to the Senate for consideration. The Senate heard the bill on special order on March 7, 2018, substituted the House bill for the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 37 defines and establishes parameters on direct primary care. The bill passed the House on January 25, 2018 with a vote of 97-10 and was sent to the Senate for consideration. On March 7, 2018, the Senate took the bill up on special order, substituted the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1073, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill with changes to MGA licensure, exchange of business, life agent, and other insurance laws, is ready for final passage. The House passed the bill on March 1, 2018 by a vote of 113-0 and sent it to the Senate.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The public records exemption in current law for proprietary business information provided by insurers in the private market to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) for use in the Citizens Clearinghouse will be reenacted and saved from repeal under HB 7097 that passed the House on March 5, 2019 with…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This year’s insurance omnibus bill, HB 465 passed the House on March 5, 2018 by a vote of 113-1. The bill now goes to the Senate for consideration and approval. Because the Senate bill has three provisions in it that are not in the House bill, the Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 376, the first responder workers’ compensation PTSD bill, passed the Senate on March 3, 2018 and was sent to the House for approval. On March 5, 2018, the House took up SB 374, substituted the Senate bill for the House bill, and then voted on the Senate bill. …