Category: Legislative Updates

Colodny Fass presents its weekly bill tracking report, updated as of April 25, 2011. This report, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2011 Florida Legislative Session.  As of Wednesday, April …

  Earlier today, April 25, 2011, the Florida House of Representatives Health and Human Services Committee considered PCS For CS/CS/HB 967 and CS/HB 1411 by Representatives Horner and Boyd relating to Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) Insurance.  The Proposed Committee Substitute …

  With a packed agenda that included 21 bills today, April 25, 2011, the Senate Committee on Judiciary ran out of time and adjourned before it was able to take up CS/SB 1930 and CS/SB 1694, two bills relating to …

  Two bills that would implement surplus lines reform provisions contained in the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (“NRRA”) of 2010 are moving through their respective House and Senate Committees in the 2011 Florida Legislative Session. The House version, CS/CS/HB …

  Colodny Fass presents its weekly bill tracking report for the week ending April 15, 2011. This report, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2011 Florida Legislative Session.  It will …

  At its April 14, 2011 meeting, the Florida House Economic Affairs Committee (“Committee”) considered HB 1087, relating to persons designated to receive insurer notifications, sponsored by State Representative Doug Holder.  Chairwoman Dorothy Hukill noted that a strike-all amendment had …

  On April 15, 2011, the Senate Budget Committee considered several insurance related bills during its meeting; however, no vote was taken on either SB 1330 Relating to Residential Property Insurance, or CS/SB 1714 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation …

  The House Economic Affairs Committee (“Committee”) met today, April 14, and considered CS/HB 803 relating to Property and Casualty Insurance, which is sponsored by Representative John Wood and the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee.  CS/HB 803 was passed favorably, …

  Missouri Department of Insurance Director John Huff testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (“Subcommittee”) today, April 14, 2011, about the lack of adequate insurance expertise on the newly created …

  At its meeting this morning, April 13, 2011, the Florida House Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee unanimously approved CS/HB 1229 relating to Title Insurance. Sponsored by the House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee and State Representative Doug Holder, the bill was …