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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House insurance omnibus bill, HB 359, moved to its last committee of reference on March 20, 2017. The bill was not amended in committee. Although the named driver exclusion provision is still in the House bill, the bill sponsor suggested this provision may be changed at the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurance omnibus bill, SB 454, moved a step closer to the end of its committee run on March 15, 2017. The bill has two committees left. Two amendments were added to the bill in committee. One amendment related to the minimum surplus required for property insurers writing…
By: Sam Miller, FIC ConsultantCS/HB 601 Personal Delivery Devices — by WilliamsonSB 460 Personal Delivery Devices — by Brandes [Brandes Strike-all Amendment] rejected by the Senate Transportation Committee House and Senate committees have approved a package fostering development of sidewalks delivery drones, which may become common someday, but the Senate Transportation Committee rejected a…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Limited scope construction defect bills are up before both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees this week. The bills define the date of completion of a construction contract to be used when determining the start of the statute of limitations and state of repose in construction defect cases. The Senate…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The insurer insolvency bill, HB 837, an agency bill of the Department of Financial Services (DFS) passed its first House committee on March 14, 2017 with two amendments to conform the House bill to the Senate companion, SB 730. The provisions in the amendments, described below, that relate to…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant Amendment 388014 [PDF] Young Florida would become one of the few states in the country to establish a pain and suffering cause of action in the negligent death of a dog or cat, according to an opponent of a bill which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday. The bill (CS/SB…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel In a surprise move, Sen. Lee added his building code bill (SB 7000) to Sen. Brandes’ building inspector and administrator bill (SB 860) in committee on March 14, 2017. He made the move in the Community Affairs committee which is the committee he chairs. Interestingly, Sen. Brandes was not…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel All member sponsored bills have been filed for the 2017 Session. Following is a summary of miscellaneous insurance bills filed as of March 12, 2017 that FIC is following. These bills apply to more than one line of insurance or apply to commercial general liability policies. The summary was…
By: Sam Miller, FIC Consultant HB 601 Personal Delivery Devices — by Williamson This strike-all amendment by Williamson was adopted and is now the bill: 476941 Williamson Delivery drones – an emerging new technology – would not be considered motor vehicles and subject to local government traffic control under CS/HB 601 approved Tuesday by the House…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel On March 7, 2017, HB 377 dealing with the statutes of limitation and repose in construction defect claims, passed its second committee. The bill was not amended. The bill is now in its last committee. The bill specifies when a construction contract is considered complete for purposes of…