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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House has two omnibus insurance bills moving this year, HB 359 and HB 895. They contain some of the same provisions but also have different provisions in them. The Senate also has two omnibus insurance bills filed, but one is stuck in its first committee, so the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The OIR backed credit for reinsurance bill that incorporates substantive provisions from the 2017 Covered Agreement between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) passed its last committee in the House on February 20, 2020. A title amendment was adopted to HB 1211 to match the title to the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1188 and HB 1409 create a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which current law already protects from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House and Senate passed bills changing the appellate jurisdiction of county courts during committee meetings on February 18, 2020. The House Appropriations Committee approved HB 7059 with amendments providing an appropriation and clarifying public defenders and the office of criminal conflict and civil regional counsels will be…
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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel In the Senate Infrastructure and Security Committee on February 17, 2020, SB 1606, the only Senate insurance omnibus bill that is moving, picked up provisions from the second stalled omnibus bill via a strike all amendment (798258). The provisions added to the bill are non-controversial and deal with administrative…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House moved CFO Patronis’ consumer protection bill (HB 1137) out of its last committee on February 13, 2020. The bill will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. The Senate companion bill, SB 1492, has one committee left. There are differences in…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 799 and HB 801 revamp Florida’s trade secret protection laws. The bills cleared their last committee on February 13, 2020 and will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. Legislation revamping Florida’s trade secret laws were proposed the past few Sessions. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1409 creates a public records exemption for certain sensitive business information held by the Department of Financial Services (DFS) which current law already protects from public records disclosure requirements if held by the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR). Disclosure of the exempted information, which includes Own-Risk and Solvency…