Category: Florida Legislative News

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified on his view of the economic outlook before the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee on April 14, 2010.   Testimony by Chairman Bernanke on the economic outlook Before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. …

  Early results of today’s April 13, 2010 Florida Special General Elections for United States Congressional District 19 and State House District 4 were posted in the St. Petersburg Times “The Buzz” Blog, which is reprinted below, along with the Florida …

Senate Bill 2108 was reconsidered today, April 13, 2010, by the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance Committee (“Committee”) after a Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”)-related amendment previously passed onto the bill was ruled as non-germane.   Amendment 519840 by …

    To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   New class-size amendment clears state House; will be on November ballot A longtime push to scale back the 2002 class-size amendment scored its biggest victory yet Thursday …

The FPCA Homeowners Division will be meeting via teleconference today at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the latest MGA proposal.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code:  81275#. Attached is the latest draft of the MGA proposal that will be presented to …

  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 9, 2010, the …

An opinion-style article on Personal Injury Protection-related fraud has been drafted as discussed during the Florida Property Casualty Association (“FPCA”) Automobile Division meeting today, April 9, 2010. FPCA members are requested to review the attached article and submit comments to Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) by …

  House Omnibus Insurance Package Temporarily Passed CS/HB 447 relating to Property Insurance by State Representative Bill Proctor (R- St. Augustine) was “temporarily passed” (TP’d) by the House General Government Policy Council (“Council”) today, April 9, 2010.  This action was taken because …

The Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) met on April 7, 2010, during which it considered various insurance-related bills.  Below is a brief summary of the meeting:   Senate Bill 2108 relating to Insurance by Senator Garrett Richter …

  SB 1460, which would return the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Contract Year to June 1 through May 31 beginning June 1, 2010, was presented to Florida Governor Charlie Crist for action today, April 9, 2010.  Governor Crist has until April 16, …