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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 784, the agency package for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles picked up some auto insurance provisions in committee on April 18, 2017. The provisions were added by amendment #726846. The amended bill passed the committee. Auto insurance related provisions added to the bill in committee…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 340 Transportation Network Companies — by BrandesHB 221 Transportation Network Companies — by Sprowls The Florida Senate is one day and one vote away from sending to Governor Rick Scott a national model-based bill regulating transportation network companies. The bill is largely consistent with the TNC industry national compromise…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 1766 Motor Vehicle Insurance — by Lee (T)SB 1768 Public Records/Medical Payments Coverage and Liability Motor Vehicle Insurance Policies/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles — by LeeHB 1063 Motor Vehicle Insurance — by Grall (Information from Greenberg Traurig was used in this report.) Packages repealing Florida’s PIP/no-fault law…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 340 Transportation Network Companies — by BrandesLee amendment which was withdrawn: 761146 PDF HB 221 Transportation Network Companies — by SprowlsHOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 115 Yeas / 0 Nays) “The end of the runway” is in sight” after four years of struggle, Sen. Jeff Brandes said, as…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel As expected, the full House approved the TNC regulation bill (HB 221) on April 5, 2017. The vote was 115-0. The bill now goes to the Senate for approval. The Senate bill, which is identical, is scheduled to be heard in its last committee on April 6, 2017. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The full House heard the TNC regulation bill on April 4, 2017. A delete everything amendment was adopted to conform the House bill to the Senate bill. A technical amendment to the delete everything amendment was also adopted. The House is expected to vote on the bill and…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved SB 1316 on April 3, 2017 with one amendment to essentially conform the Senate bill with the House bill. The bill allows auto insurers to opt out of auto preinsurance inspections. To opt out, the insurer must file a manual rule with…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General CounselThe House postponed consideration of the TNC bill, HB 221, by the full House on March 29, 2017. We believe the bill was postponed because Florida’s CFO, Jeff Atwater, wants the TNC enforcement provisions given to him in the bill amended to require enforcement actions be pursued initially in an…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Senate TNC bill, SB 340, was approved by its second committee on March 28, 2017 with one amendment relating to uninsured motorist coverage under the bill that the amendment sponsor said was an agreement between the stakeholders. Both the House and Senate bills are a comprehensive TNC…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel With the bill sponsor saying she would consider bad faith reform in her PIP repeal bill but only if a rate rollback was also included, the House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee passed the proposed committee substitute for HB 1063 with a technical amendment. The Subcommittee spent over an hour…