Category: Florida Legislative News

  Colodny Fass presents its weekly bill tracking report for the week ending April 1, 2011. This report, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2011 Florida Legislative Session.  It will …

  Various insurers have issued alerts today, April 1, 2011, concerning pending Personal Injury Protection bills pending in the 2011 Florida Legislative Session, specifically SB 1930 and SB 1694. Supporters of this legislation are being asked to immediately go to …

    A proposed committee substitute (“PCB”) for HB 803 relating to Property and Casualty Insurance will be considered by the Florida House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee at its next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, April 5. A copy of the …

FPCA Homeowners Division Members: Please be advised that a Day on the Hill for the FPCA Homeowners Division is scheduled for April 14, 2011 in Tallahassee.  Members are encouraged to attend.  Additional details will be forthcoming. Should you have any …

FPCA Automobile Division Members: Please be advised that a Day on the Hill for the FPCA Automobile Division is scheduled for April 13, 2011 in Tallahassee.  Members are encouraged to attend.  Additional details will be forthcoming. Should you have any …

  SB 7146 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”), filed on March 28, 2011 by the Senate Budget Committee (“Committee”), passed favorably with limited questions and no debate during the Committee’s meeting today, April 1, 2011.  The Committee opened …

FPCA Members: Attached is the latest copy of the Bad Faith draft amendment.  Please review the amendment and provide any comments you may have to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com).

FPCA Homeowners Division Members: For your information, below is a blog posted by the Sun Sentinel this morning: Protest in Miami against home insurance rate hikes   By Julie Patel April 1, 2011 09:20 AM A couple of Miami public …

  CS/CS/HB 99 by the Florida House of Representatives’ Economic Affairs Committee and Insurance and Banking Subcommittee unanimously passed the full House with limited discussion yesterday, March 31, 2011. The bill, originally sponsored by State Representative Brad Drake, would allow …

The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting tomorrow, April 1, at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  81631#. An agenda for the meeting, as well as minutes from the March 25, 2011 meeting, are attached. Should you …