Category: Legislative Updates
Apr 24, 2007
The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met on Monday, April 23, in what was likely its final meeting of the 2007 Legislative Session and briefly discussed four bills relating to insurance: Â S2858 GENERAL BILL/CS/CS by Banking and Insurance; …
Apr 23, 2007
The Louisiana Department of Insurance 2007 Legislative Package is outlined below for your review. Please note that Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco and Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon jointly support the last five bills listed. Louisiana’s Legislature convenes its regular Legislative Session at …
Apr 22, 2007
The Florida House of Representatives Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council met twice this past week and discussed four bills relating to insurance. Below is a brief summary of the pertinent proposed legislation discussed during the meetings and the results of the Council’s …
Apr 17, 2007
    The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met on April 16, 2007. Included in the discussion were several bills relating to insurance. The Committee’s discussion and actions upon these bills are described below.     Further, Scott R. Wallace was …
Apr 17, 2007
The Florida Legislature hosted a four-hour presentation on April 16, 2007 regarding catastrophe risk modeling and the process by which these models are accepted by the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (the “Commission”). The Chairman of the meeting, …
Apr 16, 2007
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine sent out the following constituent alert today regarding a pending bill related to uninsured motorist coverage in the State of Georgia. Should you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to call this …
Apr 12, 2007
The Florida House of Representatives Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council met on April 12, 2007 with several insurance bills on the agenda. Please note that the Council was not able to get through all of the items on the agenda due …
Apr 11, 2007
The Florida House of Representatives Jobs and Entrepreneurship Council is scheduled to meet on April 12, 2007. During this meeting, four insurance-related bills and proposals currently moving through the legislative process are expected to be discussed: HB 111 by Rep. …
Apr 10, 2007
The Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, chaired by Senator Bill Posey, met on April 9, 2007 and discussed five insurance-related bills, the subjects of which included the “Glitch Bill,” property mitigation, personal injury protection (PIP) fraud, the expansion of …
Apr 9, 2007
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee, chaired by Senator Bill Posey, is scheduled to hear two bills’ of key importance to the insurance industry at its 1:30 p.m. meeting today. The bills, SB 1864 (relating to hurricane mitigation), and SB …