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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…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following related to insurance agents or adjusters. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of…