Category: Legislative Updates

The House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council (“Council”) met on Thursday, March 27, 2008 for a budget workshop.  Subsequent to the workshop, the Council considered several insurance-related bills.  Among the legislation approved was PCB JEC 08-10, a proposed committee bill that would …

The following Florida Legislative Committees will consider the listed insurance-related bills on Thursday, March 27, 2008.    House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council   The House Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council (“Council”) will hold a Budget Workshop Thursday, March 27, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon.  …

On Monday, March 24, 2008, the House Insurance Committee held its second meeting for the purpose of gathering testimony from officials representing the Citizens’ Property Insurance Corporation, Inc. (“Citizens”) and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”). To view the …

The Senate Judiciary Committee met on March 25, 2008 to discuss two bills of importance to Florida’s insurance industry relating to adjusters and arbitration: SB 1098 Relating to Insurance Adjusters SB 2076 Relating to Arbitration Regarding insurance adjusters, the Committee …

Today, March 25, 2008, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved Senate Bill 2860, with two “no” votes coming from Senator J.D. Alexander and Senator Al Lawson. The Committee adopted a lengthy amendment to SB 2860 that contains many of …

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee is meeting this morning, March 25, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. Senator Jeff Atwater has released a strike-all amendment to Senate Bill 2860 regarding the Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive Program.  To view …

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will hold a meeting on Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. in the Pat Thomas Committee Room, 412 Knott Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee, Florida. Senator Jeff Atwater has released a …

The following is a brief summary of a Florida House of Representatives bill of interest: House Bill 1249 by Representative Thad Altman (R-Melbourne) relating to Community Associations is moving through the House  The bill passed the Committee on Courts on March …

On Thursday, March 20, 2008, this Office attended a Press Conference held by United States Representative Ron Klein to provide an update regarding the National Catastrophe Insurance Bill. Congressman Klein’s legislation, the Homeowners’ Defense Act of 2007, passed the U.S. House …

On Thursday, March 20, 2008, the House Committee on Insurance met, discussed and took action on five bills relating to insurance.  Representative Don Brown (R- Defuniak Springs), Committee Chairman, provided brief introductory comments and moved directly into the bills on …