Category: Florida Property & Casualty Association

For your review, we have attached a draft “glitch bill” regarding changes to the Financial Responsibility statutes in anticipation of the sunset of the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault laws.  This glitch bill is an effort to bring clarity and consistency …

The Florida Property & Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Automobile Division will hold a teleconference on September 14, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. to discuss new developments regarding Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”). The dial-in information is as follows: 1-800-369-1285Code:  02606# Included with this …

The Florida Department of Financial Services Consumer Services Division (“Department”) has indicated that it anticipates the imminent necessity to field consumer questions and concerns during the No-Fault/PIP sunset transition. In order to prepare and provide accurate, complete answers to the …

Insurance Fraud Weekly ePort Week Ending September 7, 2007 www.InsuranceFraud.org ——————————————————————————– LEGISLATION & REGULATION * The California legislature yesterday unanimously voted to add urgently needed state fraud investigators by quadrupling the annual fees insurers pay to fund the state’s anti-fraud …

The Specialty Agents Association (“Association”) released a summary of the proposed legislation that Senator Bill Posey (R- Rockledge) is drafting regarding Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) coverage.  The proposed legislation is expected to be very similar to Senate Bill 1880 from …

The meeting materials for today’s Florida Property and Casualty Association’s (“FPCA”) 3:00 p.m. teleconference are attached to this e-mail.  Included are the agenda, minutes and a breakdown of Representative Bogdanoff’s bill. As a reminder, the call-in information is as follows: …

  The meeting materials for today’s Florida Property and Casualty Association’s (“FPCA”) 3:00 p.m. teleconference are attached to this e-mail. As a reminder, the call-in information is as follows: 1-800-369-128594889#  Should you have any questions or comments regarding this information, …

There will be an FPCA Auto Division Conference Call today, Wednesday, August 29 at 3 p.m. Call-in information is 1-800-369-1285; 94889# The meeting agenda and previous meeting minutes will be forthcoming.

Subsequent to issuing an initial legal opinion regarding motor vehicle property liability insurance requirements after the prospective October 1, 2007 sunset of Florida’s No-Fault/PIP statutes, the General Counsel for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (“DHSMV”) has …

Insurance Fraud Weekly ePortWeek Ending August 24, 2007 www.InsuranceFraud.org  ________________________________ LEGISLATION & REGULATION * The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners finalized a rule that would place restrictions on how chiropractors or clinics use telemarketing to seek new patients. The new rule …