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By: Greenberg Traurig The House Government Operations & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee met on January 23, 2019 to hear several presentations by DFS, the meeting packet can be found here. This Appropriations Subcommittee is responsible for setting the budget of various state agencies, including the Department of Financial Services (DFS). The committee meeting began with the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel Two AOB bills have been filed in the House the past week. Although they share some of the same language, one is more comprehensive. Language in both bills is similar to language proposed by the House last year. Both bills are filed by freshmen Democrat House members. Neither has…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel During its January 22, 2019 committee meeting, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee held its first discussion on AOBs and restricting one-way attorney fees to the named insured. The Committee ran out of meeting time before the completing the discussion, so the Chair said the discussion will continue at…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The Florida Building Commission (Commission) gave the House Commerce Committee an overview of the Florida Building Code (Code), its adoption, and implementation during its committee meeting on January 22, 2019. The presentation can be found here. The process for updating the Code was discussed. According to the presentation, the…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel An insurance omnibus bill was filed last week in the House. HB 301 is sponsored by Rep. Santiago (R), the sponsor of last year’s insurance omnibus bill. A Senate companion has not yet been filed. Although there are several property insurance issues contained in the bill, the following three provisions…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee held their first committee meeting on January 10, 2019. During the meeting, the committee heard presentations from various stakeholders about property insurance. The presentations provided to the committee can be viewed here. The committee heard from the following presenters: Office of Insurance Regulation…
By: Greenberg Traurig The Senate Community Affairs Committee met on January 8, 2019 to hear a presentation on the Florida Building Code. Following are notes on the presentation prepared by staff of the Greenberg Traurig law firm. Presentation on the Florida Building Code by the Florida Building Commission By Tom Campbell- Executive Director for the…