Category: Legislative Updates

  SB 1460, the Florida Senate’s version of a bill that would provide a remedy for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Contract Year glitch was substituted for HB 949, the House of Representatives’ version, after both bills were considered …

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 19, 2010, the attached …

House Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee As part of its March 17, 20101 agenda, the Florida House of Representatives Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee (“Committee”) considered House Bill 447 by State Representative Bill Proctor.   As originally …

  Insurance Holding Company Supervision to be Examined U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises Chairman, Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA), announced that he has scheduled a March 18, 2010 hearing to examine the interaction …

  Cash investments by insurance companies in Florida’s port infrastructure would be incentivized through insurance premium tax credits under the provisions of House Bill 1169, which passed the Florida House of Representatives’ Economic Development Policy Committee unanimously today, March 17, …

Please note that the hyperlinks in the attached chart have been restored and are now operational.   Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, …

A strike-all Committee amendment has been filed to SB 2264 in advance of the bill’s scheduled hearing by the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance today, March 17, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.  In its current form, SB 2264 would …

  Various bills of particular interest to the insurance industry will be considered by the Florida Legislature on March 17, 2010 as it continues with committee hearings.   Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance During its meeting tomorrow, the Senate …

The U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, along with the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises debated H.R. 2555, also known as “The Homeowners Defense Act,” during a March 10 hearing entitled “Approaches to Mitigating …

  The Florida Senate’s omnibus property insurance package was considered, amended and passed as a strike-everything amendment to SB 2044 today, March 10, 2010, by the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”). Committee Chairman Garrett Richter explained the amendment, …