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By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant SB 1012 Investigative and Forensic Services — by BrandesHB 1007 Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts — by RascheinAmendment 252571 [PDF] Raschein A Senate Appropriations subcommittee on April 18 approved the main insurance fraud package which has been under development by the Department of Financial Services. It expands insurance fraud reporting and investigations.…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1007 Insurer Anti-Fraud Efforts — by RascheinAmendment 252571 [PDF] RascheinSB 1014 Public Records/Division of Investigative and Forensic Services of the Department of Financial Services — by Brandes Various pieces of the Department of Financial Services’ package expanding insurance fraud reporting and investigations were approved by House & Senate committees…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 1032 allows insurers to give insureds, prospective insureds, or others more advertising or promotional items with a higher value than allowed under current law. The bill passed its second committee, Senate Commerce and Tourism, on April 17, 2017 with a delete everything amendment to move the Senate bill…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel SB 730, the DFS agency package that cleans up rehabilitation and liquidation provisions in current law moved to its last Senate committee on April 13, 2017. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the bill without amendment and sent it to the Rules Committee. This bill is very likely to…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House insurance omnibus bill, HB 359, was approved by its last committee of reference on April 6, 2017. Three amendments to the bill were adopted. The bill will now be heard on the House floor when set by the Rules Committee. One amendment adopted (#194351) dealt with the…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 1009 Pub. Rec./DFS/Insurance Fraud Information — by RascheinCS/HB 1007/DFS Insurance Fraud Reporting The critically important public records exemption (HB 1009), which is tied to the Department of Financial Services’ package (CS/HB HB 1007) expanding mandatory insurance fraud reporting unanimously passed the House Government Accountability Committee April 6 and is…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel A bill designed to provide clarification as to when the statute of limitation and statute of repose start for construction defect claims by defining when the construction contract is considered complete passed its second Senate committee on April 7, 2017. The bill is now before the Senate Rules Committee,…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) agency bill designed to clean up various provisions in current law under the purview of DFS passed its last House committee on April 6, 2017 and is now ready for the House floor. One amendment was adopted to the bill in committee. …
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel HB 1029 allows insurers to give insureds, prospective insureds, or others more advertising or promotional items with a higher value than allowed under current law. The bill passed its last committee, House Commerce, on April 6, 2017 with one amendment and will be heard on the House floor when…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Department of Financial Services (DFS) supported insurer insolvency bill passed its last House committee on April 6, 2017. The bill is a key priority of Florida’s CFO Jeff Atwater and enhances the DFS Division of Rehabilitation & Liquidation’s ability to deal with insolvencies. The bill is highly technical…