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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 328 increases the jurisdictional threshold for county court, along with other changes to the court system. It unanimously passed its first Senate committee on February 4, 2019 with one amendment. Starting January 1, 2020, the amended bill increases the county court jurisdictional threshold from $15,000 to $30,000 but the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Sen. Brandes (R) filed SB 328 on January 14, 2019. The bill makes numerous changes to the court system in Florida. One change of interest to insurers is the increase in the jurisdictional amount for county court from $15,000 or less to $25,000 or less for cases covered…
By Greenberg Traurig On Sept. 12, 2018, in Robert Gindel, et al. v. Centex Homes, et al. (43 Fla. L. Weekly D2112d), Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held that the service of a pre-suit construction defect notice pursuant to section 558.004, Florida Statutes, constitutes an “action” for purposes of initiating an action within the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 875 takes effect on July 1, 2018. The bill passed during the 2018 legislative session and further clarifies when the date of completion of a construction contract is for purposes of both the statute of limitations and statute of repose. It provides that a construction contract is complete…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 483 to enrolled bill allows insurers and insurance agents to give additional types of promotional and advertising gifts and changes the amount of these gifts to $100/year, rather than $25/gift. The bill was passed during the 2018 legislative session and takes effect on July 1, 2018. The bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Last week, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 483 into law. Starting July 1, 2018, insurers and insurance agents will be allowed to give additional types of promotional and advertising gifts to insureds, prospective insureds, or others. Store gift cards, gift certificates, event tickets, goods, wares, anti-fraud or loss…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurance omnibus bill, HB 465, was signed by Florida Governor Rick Scott on March 30, 2018. The bill took effect on March 30th when it was signed. The bill makes changes to a variety of insurance laws as follows: Auto Policy Cancellation Using Intelligent Mail Tracking: Allows…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 23, 2018, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the 2018 construction defect bill into law. HB 875 further clarifies when the date of completion of a construction contract is for purposes of both the statute of limitations and statute of repose. It provides that a construction contract is…