Category: Florida Legislative News

  FPCA Automobile Division Members:   Attached is a draft of the amici brief that we intend to file in the Custer v. United Auto matter.  Please keep in mind that this is a draft and will be subject to …

    After completing a mandatory Organizational Session, the Florida Legislature convened a brief Special Session yesterday, November 16, 2010, for the purpose of overriding gubernatorial vetoes of specific appropriations and substantive bills that were passed during the 2010 Regular …

The U.S. Federal Reserve issued the following news release on November 17, 2010 (copies of the referenced documents are available via hyperlink below):   The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday requested comment on a proposed rule to implement provisions of …

  UPDATE:  The St. Petersburg Times reported today that the Florida Legislature has agreed to allow two controversial bills vetoed by Governor Charlie Crist, HB 5603 and HB 5611, to stand.  HB 5603 partially relates to the distribution of prescription drugs to workers’ …

  The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform has drafted a Florida bill addressing issues relating to bad faith. So that a sponsor for the legislation may be quickly secured, comments on it from Florida Property and Casualty Association members …

Above:  State Representative Dorothy Hukill   State Representative Dorothy Hukill will chair the 2010-2012 Florida House Economic Affairs Committee, which oversees insurance and banking regulations, as well as growth management, economic development, transportation, professional regulation, gaming and consumer affairs. The …

  To view a complete story, click on the headline below:    Class-Size Vote Will Add $1 Billion to State Budget Florida voters sent mixed fiscal signals when they overwhelmingly approved a nonbinding referendum calling on the federal government to …

Allstate Insurance Company and Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Allstate”) filed suit against a doctor and clinics in the Circuit Court of the County of Oakland, Michigan, on November 10, 2010.  A copy of the complaint is attached. The complaint includes …

  The U.S. Federal Reserve published the following remarks made today, November 12, 2010, by U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Daniel K. Tarullo at the George Washington University Center for Law, Economics and Finance Conference in Washington, D.C., on the Dodd-Frank …

FPCA Homeowners Division Members:  As discussed at the meeting yesterday, attached is a revised draft of the sinkhole provisions that had been included in SB 2044.  Please review the attached and provide any comments you may have to Katie Webb …