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by: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 26, 2017, the House unanimously passed HB 911, the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill and sent it to the Senate for consideration. The Senate companion, SB 922, has cleared all its committees and is waiting to be heard on the Senate floor. The House and Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 25, 2017, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, SB 922 after adopting a delete everything amendment to remove the bill’s provisions requiring licensing of adjusting firms consistent with licensing of insurance agencies is also required by the bill. The bill sponsor…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full House unanimously approved the Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package on April 20, 2017. And, on the same day, the Senate voted the companion bill out of its last committee. Thus, it is very likely the DFS agency bill will pass this year. The…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency package is ready for approval by the full House after being heard on the floor for the first time on April 19, 2017. The vote could come as soon as April 20, 2017. The Senate companion, SB 986, is set for…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantSB 922 Insurance Adjusters — by Garcia 687430 by Garcia A package amending regulations on public adjusters and other adjusters was approved April 18 by the Senate General Government Appropriations Subcommittee and sent to the full Appropriations Committee. It was amended to conform to the House package HB 911, according to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 6, 2017, the House Commerce Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, HB 911 with one amendment. The bill will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The bill is primarily supported by the Florida Association of Professional…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On April 3, 2017, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, SB 922 after adopting a delete everything amendment to conform the Senate bill to the House bill. Thus, the House and Senate bills are now the same. The Senate bill has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 27, 2017, the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee approved a proposed committee substitute (PCS) for an omnibus adjuster licensing and regulation bill, HB 911. The proposed committee substitute replaces the originally filed version of the bill and was not amended. The bill is primarily supported by the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) agency bill, HB 925, which addresses clean-up issues within the Divisions of Treasury, Accounting and Auditing, State Fire Marshal, Agent and Agency Services, and Risk Management passed its first committee on March 20, 2017. The committee adopted a delete everything amendment to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel An omnibus agency bill for the Department of Financial Services (DFS) passed its first Senate committee on March 14, 2017 with one amendment. According to the bill sponsor, the amendment (#722534) adopted made technical changes requested by Department of Financial Services. The bill, SB 986, makes various changes…