Category: Legislative Updates

  Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010.  Revised as of March 26, 2010, the …

  A comprehensive study by Risk Management Solutions (“RMS”) on windstorm mitigation credit implementation in the State of Florida and its impact on the insurance industry has concluded that the current system is a significant contributing factor in the reported decline of …

  CS/CS/HB 663, which would revise Florida laws relating to building safety, was amended today in the House of Representatives General Government Policy Council with a strike-everything amendment by State Representative Gary Aubuchon that added home inspectors to those persons …

  An amendment relating to the regulation of managing general agencies that was filed to HB 159 by State Representative Pat Patterson failed on a voice vote in the House Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee today, March 25, …

  Immediately after the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) meeting was called to order yesterday, March 24, Florida Governor Charlie Crist addressed the legislators and urged them not to pass Senate Bill 876, which is commonly known as the …

During the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance Committee meeting today, March 24, 2010, Senator Mike Fasano was prepared to offer a late-filed amendment to Senate Bill 2176, which relates to the deregulation of commercial insurance.  The amendment, which was …

Florida Governor Charlie Crist made a brief appearance at today’s Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance meeting to voice his opposition to Senate Bill 876, which would allow Florida property insurers to offer deregulated rates. In reference to SB 876, the Governor said, “I …

  Chaired by U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will hold a hearing today, March 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. to examine the role of consumer credit scores and reports …

  The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Contract Year will be returned to June 1 through May 31 beginning June 1, 2010 if Florida Governor Charlie Crist signs SB 1460, which was passed today in the Florida House of Representatives by a vote …

  The Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) meets on today, March 24, 2010 from 1:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.  The agenda includes the following insurance-related bills relating to deregulation: SB 2046 relating to Insurance is a “shell” …