Capitol to Courthouse Florida Insurance Report: Tuesday, January 10
Jan 10, 2012
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Florida’s 2011 Regular Legislative Session
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9:30 a.m.–Florida Division of Agent and Agency Services Rule Development Workshop. Proposed Rules 69B-211.041 “Definitions” and 69B-211.042 “Effect of Law Enforcement Records on Applications for Licensure” would incorporate 2011 statutory changes to Section 626.207, F.S., which altered the way an insurance representative licensure applicant’s criminal history affects the application. To view the hearing notice, click here
(CANCELED) 10:00 a.m.–Florida Surplus Lines Service Office National Clearinghouse Committee meeting. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Daily Florida Insurance-Related Bills Filed for 2012
HB 4181 Relating to Workers’ Compensation by State Representative Matt Caldwell
HB 4181 would delete the definition of the term “certified health care provider,” as well as provisions of law providing for the removal of physicians from lists of those authorized to render medical care under certain conditions. The bill includes conforming provisions to changes it would make. Effective Date: July 1, 2012
SB 1862 Relating to Public Records/Donor Identifying Information/Division of Insurance Fraud by Senator Joe Negron
SB 1862 would amend provisions of law as created by SB 1860 and exempt from public record requirements all identifying information of a donor or prospective donor to the motor vehicle insurance fraud direct-support organization of the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud. Effective Date: on the same date that Senate Bill 1860 or similar legislation takes effect, if such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session, or an extension thereof, and becomes law
Scott Wallace quits as chief of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
The president and CEO will remain at the carrier through April 6.
Demotech, Inc. has completed an analysis of the relative historical expense levels reported by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, 47 carriers dedicated to Florida’s property insurance marketplace as well as 77 private, single state insurers focused on the property insurance marketplace in states other than Florida.
Column: Florida legislators to take aim at shrinking Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Florida policymakers are still trying to overcome the outbreak of populism in 2007 that led them to try to lower Insurance rates in hurricane alley by expanding the size and competitiveness of the state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Amended septic tank inspection bill passes Senate committee
SB 820 would repeal a 2010 requirement that septic tanks statewide be inspected every five years.
Senate and House Personal Injury Protection proposals could be on a collision course
Senator Joe Negron’s Personanl Injury Protection bill finally emerges and it is drastically different than the proposal the House is considering.
Column: Special interests collide in battle to overhaul Florida’s no-fault auto insurance
We couldn’t set the holiday table for an early Florida legislative session without a heaping helping of interest-group squabbling.
Texas Insurer Acquires Florida’s Physicians Insurance
The Texas Medical Liability Trust has acquired the Florida-based Physicians Insurance Co.
Florida Legislature gearing up for early session starting Tuesday
What a difference a year makes.
- Claims bills top Florida Senate’s first-day agenda
- Florida lawmakers make last-minute rush for campaign cash
- Florida lawmakers plan controversy-free agenda
- Blog: Today in Tallahassee: Speeches, flowers, protests, gaming and budget talk
- Governor Rick Scott to stress cooperation in address
Spokesman says Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning not resigning ‘at this time’
A newspaper blog on Monday said Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning will step down soon.
Bill would put Chief Financial Officer in charge of policing state contracts
Among other changes, the bill would shift the power to supervise state purchasing from the Department of Management Services to the Department of Financial Services and require the CFO sign off on major contracts before they take effect.
School bus ads, tax credit scholarship bills move through Senate panel
Touted as a way to raise much-needed revenue for schools, the bill drew criticism from some on the Education Committee who considered the prospect of ads on school buses unsavory.
Revised casino bill passes first hurdle in Senate
The legislation now would allow existing pari-mutuels to expand their gambling operations to include banked card games and slots, provided local voters OK referendums allowing slots and expanded gaming, and the new version of the bill would regulate, rather than ban Internet sweepstakes cafes.
Blog: Florida GOP says absentee ballot requests double 2008 levels
Florida voters so far have requested 413,000 absentee ballots for the Jan. 31 Republican presidential primary, says the Republican Party of Florida, which keeps daily tabs on ballot activity in the state’s 67 counties.
Right-wing think tank releases salaries of public employees via new website
The Foundation for Government Accountability debuted a new website today – an online database of the salaries of public employees: FloridaOpenGov.org.
Column: Florida privatization push can be rush job
What do policymakers do when they discover they’ve grown the size of government too much to avoid culpability for its bulging budgets?
National Association of Insurance Commissioners Releases Annual Homeowners Insurance Report
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners released its 2009 Homeowners Insurance Report, providing data on market distribution and average cost by policy form and amount of insurance.
2012 Brings Operational Changes for Texas Windstorm Insurer
The New Year ushered in changes to the operation of Texas’s insurance company of last resort for wind and hail along the Texas coast.
Texas homeowners pay highest insurance premiums for second year in a row
Texas homeowners paid the most expensive insurance premiums in the country for the second year in a row, although average premiums in the state have not been increasing as sharply as in other states, according to new figures from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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