Category: Florida Legislative News

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Florida Among 19 National Finalists in ‘Race to the Top’ Federal Education Reform Competition Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced today, July 27, 2010, that Florida has been selected …

FPCA Members:  Colodny Fass has been contacted by the President and Executive Director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (“ABIR”) regarding proposed legislation being considered by the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures …

  Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced today, July 27, 2010, that Florida has been selected as one of the 19 finalists in Phase 2 of “Race to the Top” (“Phase 2”), a national grant challenge to improve schools as part …

  To help the Florida Senate complete property insurance-related projects in the 2010 Legislative Interim Project Work Plan, Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) legislative staff members have requested information from insurance industry groups and other interested parties.  Projects …

FPCA Members:  Colodny Fass has been contacted by the President and Executive Director of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (“ABIR”) regarding proposed legislation being considered by the House Committee on Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA: Circuit Court Tosses Amendment 3 A Tallahassee circuit judge on Friday threw out a proposed constitutional amendment he said could mislead property owners …

Attached is a copy of a letter from the Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) that your company may have received recently.  Please let us know if you intend to respond, or if you have any concerns about providing this …

Above:  President Obama signs H.R. 4173, which is considered to be the most sweeping financial reform bill since the Great Depression.     Signed by President Obama on July 21, 2010, H.R. 4173, known as the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform …

  On July 8, 2010, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed SB 595 into law. Effective upon having been signed, SB 595 prohibits insurers from canceling or nonrenewing any homeowners’ insurance policy (regardless of whether it has been in effect for fewer …

  Just prior to the opening of the Florida Legislature’s Special Session 2010-C today, July 20, 2010, State Representative Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) joined representatives from The Heartland Institute, Florida Consumer Action Network and The James Madison Institute at a press …