By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House AOB bill was filed just before the bill filing deadline on March 7, 2017. The bill, HB 1421, is not the OIR and Citizens AOB bill. The House bill is very different from the two Senate AOB bills. The House and Senate will have to agree on…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 7, 2017, HB 377 dealing with the statutes of limitation and repose in construction defect claims, passed its second committee. The bill was not amended. The bill is now in its last committee. The bill specifies when a construction contract is considered complete for purposes of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Attached are two draft workers’ compensation bills that will be proposed and discussed by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee during their committee meeting on March 7, 2017. One draft is the bill that contains the comp substantive reform provisions. The issues included in this bill are: attorney fees,…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Strike-all amendment adopted by the committee is available from this link: 144836. Senate B&I Staff Analysis is available from this link: SB 430 Staff Analysis. It does not totally reflect the strike-all amendment. The original bill, again without the amendments, is available from this link: SB 430 filed. FIC will post…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Passidomo amendment with recommendations from the NAIC 2016, Workers Compensation Large Deductibles Study adopted by the committee is available from this link: 374774. Farmer amendment adopted by the committee is available from this link: 865748. Senate B&I Staff Analysis is available from this link: SB 730 Staff Analysis. It does not…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee passed the insurance omnibus bill, SB 454, on March 6, 2017 with amendments. The bill impacts multiple lines of insurance and has three committees left. The bill passed with a vote of 7-2. The two “no” votes were cast by Sen. Farmer,…
For Immediate Release: Monday, March 6, 2017Contact: Christina Johnson, Christina@On3PR.com, 850.391.5040 Florida’s Top Business Organizations, Insurance Council Urge Lawmakers to Keep Tax Benefit for Florida Consumers-SB 378 produces no net relief for Florida taxpayers, could be a major job killer- (Tallahassee, Fla.) – The Associated Industries of Florida (AIF), the Florida Chamber of…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 404 which exempts workers’ compensation reimbursement allowances and manuals adopted by rule by DFS from legislative rule ratification unanimously passed its second committee on March 6, 2017. The bill was not amended and has one committee left. Under current law, the reimbursement allowances and reimbursement manuals approved by…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 3, 2017, Sen. Flores, Chair of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee and Senate President Pro Tempore, filed an unfriendly insurance bill, SB 1746. Although most of the provisions in the bill apply only to property insurance, there are a few provisions that apply to other lines…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee will discuss a committee bill on workers’ compensation reform during their meeting on March 7th. An outline of the bill is attached. FIC does not yet have a copy of the exact language for the bill. When a draft bill is released, we…