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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On November 7, 2017, the House Commerce Committee filed a committee bill to reform workers’ compensation. The bill, PCB COM 18-01 will be heard and voted on when the Committee meets next week, on November 14, 2017. Thus, it appears the House leadership is fast-tracking worker’s comp reform which…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House PIP repeal and replace bill (HB 19) was heard by its only committee of reference, Commerce Committee, on November 7, 2017. The bill passed with two amendments. It will now go to the House floor for a full vote by the chamber when put on the floor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On November 7, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee unanimously approved SB 98, this year’s step therapy and prior authorization bill. The bill was not amended. A step therapy and prior authorization bill has passed the Senate the past few years, but it has always died in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Telehealth Advisory Council (Council) released its final report to the Governor and Legislature on October 31, 2017. The final report includes draft language for most of the recommendations to make it easy for the recommendations to be included in proposed legislation or proposed administrative rules. The Council has…
NCCI Rate Filing Letter 10-25-17.pdf
By: Greenberg Traurig The Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group formed by the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate, Sha’Ron James, met for the last time on October 31, 2017. Following are notes from the meeting prepared by staff at Greenberg Traurig. Intro: Today’s meeting opened with Sha’Ron James thanking everyone who has participated in the working group.…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Rep. Santiago (R-Deltona) filed the House insurance omnibus bill this week. HB 465 makes changes to various insurance laws on the following topics: Property Insurance:• Excluding complaints filed by AOB vendors from an insurer’s complaint ratio calculated by DFS• Diligent effort required for surplus lines agents to place residential…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Leadership in the House of Representatives rolled out two priority bills on October 26, 2017 dealing with the protection of trade secret information held by state agencies from Florida’s broad public records law. The bills are wide-ranging and will impact trade secret information submitted by insurers to the OIR,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Advisory Council (Council) for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF or Fund) met on October 26, 2017 and learned the FHCF is still financially strong despite losses to the Fund from Hurricane Irma. During the meeting, the Council received and approved the October Claims Paying Capacity Estimates…