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By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant CS/SB 144 Texting while driving would become a primary traffic offense under legislation approved this week by the Senate Communications, Energy & Public Utilities Committee. Florida’s police chiefs and the Florida Insurance Council were among many groups supporting the bill. As filed, the bill, sponsored by Sen. Rene Garcia, R-Hialeah,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House TNC bill (HB 221), a priority of the FIC Auto Committee, passed its second and last committee on February 21, 2017 by a vote of 21-1. The bill is now eligible to be heard on the House floor whenever the Rules Committee schedules it. The lone “no”…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills for the 2017 Session are being filed every day. Following is a summary of bills related to auto insurance filed as of February 20, 2017 that FIC is following. The summary was prepared by FIC General Counsel Katrina Callaway based on her review of the bills. Any…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On February 16, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court issued an opinion (SC15-1257) limiting the permissible pre-suit discovery for insurers in PIP to the production of documents related to the history, condition, treatment, dates, and costs of medical treatment. The Court opined an insurer is not entitled to other discovery…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House TNC bill (HB 221), a priority of the FIC Auto Committee, passed its first committee on February 8, 2017 by a vote of 14-1. The committee ranking minority member providing the lone vote in opposition to the bill. The bill was not amended in committee and has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Bills regulating transportation network companies (TNCs) were filed on January 11, 2017. The text of the bills, HB 221 and SB 340, can be found here: SB 340 and HB 221. The TNC bills filed for 2017 are comprehensive TNC bills covering the insurance requirements for TNCs and also…