Category: Legislative Updates

  The Florida Senate Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Tax passed as amended, CS/SB 1816 Relating to Surplus Lines, during its meeting today, April 13, 2011.  The bill is sponsored by Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) and cosponsored by …

  The Senate Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations met today, April 13, 2011, and considered CS/SB 1836 relating to captive insurers.  CS/SB 1836 is sponsored by Senator Miguel Diaz de la Portilla and the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. …

  With Florida’s 2011 Legislature at its midpoint this week, several pivotal developments on Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”)-related issues were the focal point yesterday, April 11, including the much anticipated Florida Office of Insurance Regulation PIP Data Call Report.  Today, Florida’s Senate Committee …

  On April 11, 2011, Senator Ellyn Bogdanoff filed a strike-all amendment to Senate Bill 1930 relating to Personal Injury Protection insurance.  Substantially similar to a previous strike-all amendment she filed to the bill on April 5, 2011, but that …

  Colodny Fass presents its weekly bill tracking report for the week ending April 8, 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 …

  Joining representatives from the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (“FAIA”) in a teleconference with media members today, April 11, 2011, Senator Alan Hays called Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) a “fraudulent company that is state-owned” and said that it …

  The U.S. Census Bureau has released detailed 2010 census data that is now available in an interactive 50-state map illustrating the population growth that has occurred in all 50 states over the past 10 years.  To view Florida-specific data, …

  CS/SB 1816, a bill that would amend Florida law to bring the State into compliance with the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (“NRRA”) was on the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Finance and Taxation (“Subcommittee”) agenda today, April …

  The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee (“Committee”) met today, April 5, 2011, to consider a number of bills, including two bills aimed at curbing personal injury protection (“PIP”) fraud.  SB 1836 Captive Insurance Before addressing PIP fraud, the Committee …

The following article was posted to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s House Keys blog on April 5, 2011:    By Julie Patel   Legislation aimed to fight personal injury protection insurance fraud stalled in the Senate’s insurance committee today after …