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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 16, 2018, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 756 with no amendments. The House companion bill, HB 533, was approved by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommitee last week. The bill allows an insurer to condition the sale of insurance on the purchase of motor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate telehealth bill, SB 280, passed its first committee on January 16, 2018. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed a strike-all amendment (#856092) and a technical amendment to the strike all (#773864) that added osteopathic doctors back in the bill before passing the bill as amended. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness adopted its final report during its final committee meeting on January 16, 2018. The report is here starting at page 3 and is the result of hours of public testimony taken by the Committee on problems and solutions from Florida’s…
FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries – PC.pdf
FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries – Auto.pdf
FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries – MedMal.PDF
FIC 2018 Session Bill Summaries – WC.pdf
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On January 12, 2018, the Office of Insurance Regulation issued a report on water claims and AOB use. That report follows the OIR report on the same topic issued in February 2016. The new report is based on claims data from January 1, 2015 – June 30, 2017…