Category: Legislative Updates

    On Tuesday, April 28, the following bills were acted upon by the Florida Legislature:   Florida Senate Session The Florida Senate held Session on Tuesday, April 28, during which it discussed the following insurance-related bills: CS/CS/1st ENG SB …

  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 Tuesday, April 28, 2009 is attached for your review. For easy reference and accessibility, …

Above:  Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Chairman Bryan Nelson (R-Apopka) defends against an amendment to the Property and Cusualty Insurance bill CS/CS/CS/HB 1495   Insurance-related bill actions by the Florida Legislature today, April 28, 2009, included:   SB 742 relating to …

Attached is a letter delivered today, April 28, 2009, to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum.  The letter, sent by Senator Ted Deutch (D-Boca Raton), asks the attorney general to probe whether leading tobacco companies involved in the state’s settlement agreement …

Senate Bill 732 was amended in the Senate on second reading today, April 28, 2009, to include reauthorization of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund $10 million drop-down layer for certain companies.  An amendment to the bill by Senator Mike Haridopolis …

This morning, Tuesday, April 28, Florida House of Representatives Speaker Larry Cretul and Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater made separate announcements on the release of 2009-2010 budget allocations.  Speaker Cretul and President Atwater said the budget conference process will begin …

  Florida House of Representatives Session The Florida House will hold Session on Wednesday, April 29, starting at 9:00 a.m., the House Office Building, The Capitol, Tallahassee.  The Special Order Calendar includes the following insurance-related bills: CS/SB 2282 relating to …

  As of Monday, April 27, the following bills were acted upon by the Florida Legislature:   Florida Senate Session The Florida Senate held Session on Monday, April 27, during which it discussed the following insurance-related bills: CS/CS/1st ENG SB …

This morning, April 28, 2009, the Florida Senate took up the House of Representatives’ omnibus  property insurance bill, HB 1495, and substituted its own version of that legislation, SB 1950, in a strike-everything amendment to HB 1495.  HB 1495 passed …

House Bill 853, which provides that Chapter 627, F.S. does not apply to surplus lines insurers unless specifically stated, was passed unanimously with an amendment on third reading by the Florida House of Representatives today, April 28, 2009.  The amendment, …