Category: Legislative Updates

  Washington, DC – Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced today the committee will hold a hearing entitled “Legislative Proposals to Improve the Efficiency and Oversight of Municipal Finance” on Thursday, May 21.  The …

Dozens of insurance-related bills were filed during Florida’s 2009 Regular Legislative Session.  These bills were distilled down to a select group of passed bills, most of which were addressed during the last couple days of the Session. Colodny Fass has compiled …

From left, Florida House Sergeant at Arms Earnest Sumner and Senate Sergeant at Arms Donald Severance drop their handkerchiefs during the Sine Die ceremony on the fourth floor rotunda of the Capitol, Friday.   On Friday, May 8, both chambers …

AICP Members: Click on the hyperlinks below to view complete bill information from the State of Florida’s Legislative Web site:  www.leg.state.fl.us   Successful major 2009 insurance legislation from the Florida Legislative Session that is scheduled to conclude on May 8, 2009 …

Click on the hyperlinks below to view complete bill information from the State of Florida’s Legislative Web site:  www.leg.state.fl.us   Successful major 2009 insurance legislation: Property and Casualty Insurance CS/CS/CS/HB 1495 relating to Property Casualty Insurance (the “Omnibus Property Insurance Bill”) …

To assist in tracking priority insurance issues pending as the 2009 Florida Legislative Session speeds towards its conclusion, an insurance-specific daily bill tracking chart for Thursday, April 30, 2009 is attached for your review. For easy reference and accessibility, the …

HB 1171, which authorizes certain insurers to use a rate in excess of an otherwise-applicable filed rate and prohibits the consideration of certain policies by insurers when making a specified calculation, was passed by the Florida Senate with a vote …

The Florida Senate took up and passed the House Bill 853 relating to Surplus Lines insurers,  which provides that Chapter 627, F.S. does not apply to surplus lines insurers unless specifically stated.  During debate this afternoon, May 1, 2009, the …

Colodny Fass has learned that an agreement has been reached between the House and Senate on HB 1495, the 2009 property insurance legislative package. Certain details are being finalized, but State Representative Bryan Nelson, the House bill sponsor, has shared with …

The Florida Senate took up and passed House Bill 903 relating to Attorney’s Fees in Workers’ Compensation Cases this afternoon, May 1, 2009.   The bill, which passed by a vote of 22-16, previously had been amended by the Senate by substituting the …