Category: Legislative Updates

State Representative Bill Proctor filed House Bill 447 relating to Residential Property Insurance today, December 8, 2010.  This action preceeds a media conference scheduled for today at noon, during which Representative Proctor and Senator Mike Bennett will discuss the bill.  …

In an advisory issued today, December 7, 2009, State Representative Bill Proctor (R-St. Augustine) and Senator Mike Bennett (R-Bradenton) announced that they have scheduled a media conference tomorrow, December 8, regarding “Florida property insurance issues.” As published in the Sun-Sentinel House Keys …

The Florida Legislature will hold its third round of 2009 Interim Committee Meetings during the week of December 7-11.  The next scheduled Interim Committee Week is January 11-15. To view the complete House of Representatives calendar for December 7-11, click …

H.R. 2609, also known as the “Federal Insurance Office Act,” unanimously passed the United States House Financial Services Committee today, December 2, 2009. If ultimately passed into law, the bill’s creation of a Federal Insurance Office would be expected to provide national …

The United States House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on the Federal Housing Administration’s Fiscal Year 2009 Actuarial Report on Wednesday, December 2.  To view an archived webcast of this hearing, click here. A list of witnesses and corresponding …

The United States House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled “Improving Responsible Lending to Small Businesses” on Monday, November 30. A list of witnesses and corresponding hyperlinks to their testimony is reprinted below.   …

A Special Session that will convene the Florida Legislature from December 3 through December 11, 2009 officially has been called for the sole purpose of considering legislation relating to the operation and infrastructure of a state passenger rail system.  A joint proclamation …

The Florida Senate has created a new Budget Office that will be responsible for providing independent analyses of state government agency operations, including overlapping agency jurisdictions and functions, the financial structure of agencies, sources and uses of revenues, expenditure patterns …

In a recently-released Interim Committee Report, the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) recommended that claim files, specified medical records and certain portions of Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association (“Association”) meetings should continue to be exempt from the public …

On November 10, 2009, Senator Rhonda Storms (R- Brandon) filed Senate Bill 662, which would prohibit the use of credit reports and credit scores in making rating determinations by insurers.  Further, the bill prohibits an insurer that issues motor vehicle …