Category: Florida Legislative News
Apr 23, 2010
While CS/CS/SB 2044 was temporarily postponed in the Senate yesterday, both this bill, and the House omnibus property insurance bill, CS/CS/1st Eng. HB 447, are on the Senate and House calendars today, April 23, 2010. It is unclear at …
Apr 22, 2010
SB 2044, the Florida Senate’s version of the omnibus property insurance bill, was temporarily postponed today, April 22, 2010, after the Senate adopted two amendments sponsored by Senator Ronda Storms. The amendments, which were described by SB 2044’s original …
Apr 22, 2010
Colodny Fass has prepared its annual bill chart to assist in tracking pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2010 Florida Legislative Session, which runs from March 2 through April 30, 2010. Revised as of April 22, 2010, the …
Apr 22, 2010
To view a complete story, click on a headline below: Schools to get same amount of money next year Florida’s public schools will receive the same amount of money per student next year that they are getting now, …
Apr 22, 2010
As part of an ongoing Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”)-related sweep by the Florida Division of Insurance Fraud that began earlier in 2010, Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink announced the arrest of eight fraudsters today, April 22, 2010. Clinic owners and workers were …
Apr 22, 2010
On April 22, 2010, the Office of Florida Governor Charlie Crist released the following news release on the expansion of the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, which is partially funded through insurance premium tax credits: Governor Crist Signs Legislation …
Apr 22, 2010
Above: Dr. Robert Hartwig The Insurance Information Institute posted the following presentation relating to workers’ compensation from its president, Dr. Robert Hartwig: The Workers’ Compensation Marketplace: Strategic Overview and Outlook Dr. Robert P. Hartwig, CPCU | March 25, 2010 This …
Apr 22, 2010
The Insurance Information Institute published the following White Paper on No-Fault Insurance in New York on April 22, 2010: No-Fault Insurance Fraud in New York State is Ramping Up Premiums by the Insurance Information Institute Published April 22, …
Apr 21, 2010
Former Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Craig Fugate (now Federal Emergency Managment Agency {“FEMA”} Administrator) joined several panels of speakers today, April 21, 2010, for a U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing on legislative proposals to reform the National Flood …
Apr 21, 2010
Following is a summary of actions on two major insurance-related bills by the Florida Legislature today, April 21, 2010: CS2/SB 2264 relating to Property Insurance Claims by the Senate Committees on Judiciary; Banking and Insurance and Senator Mike …