Category: Florida Legislative News

On March 9, 2009, a representative from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Auditor General’s office presented its 2009 Report to the Florida Joint Legislative Auditing Committee (“JLAC”).  The Report, which included information on a variety of Citizens internal procedures and finances, …

Secretary Geithner Statement in Advance of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting March 11, 2009TG-53 Prepared Statement by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner in Advance of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting Washington, DC– This week, the …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has posted updated Group Health Plan (“GHP”) User Guides related to Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (“SCHIP”). The March 6, 2009 Version 2.2 GHP User …

On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee (“Committee”) met and considered several insurance-related bills.  The Committee also heard testimony from Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty and Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Deputy Commissioner Belinda …

On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, the Florida House of Representatives Insurance, Business and Financial Affairs Policy Committee (“Committee”) met and considered several insurance-related bills.  In actions of particular importance to the insurance industry, the Committee voted in favor of House …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Automobile Division will hold its weekly conference call tomorrow (March 12) at 4:00 p.m. The call-in number for tomorrow’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46366#. Minutes from the March 5, 2009 meeting, as …

    To view a complete story, click on the headline below: Miami-Dade, Broward schools may not get stimulus funds for construction Debt-ridden Miami-Dade and Broward school districts may not benefit from part of the federal stimulus plan that would …

During the FPCA Homeowners Division conference call held today, March 9, 2009, a proposal by Towers Perrin to conduct a study on the impacts of a consolidated statewide windpool in Florida was discussed. The group unanimously agreed that the study …

FPCA Member feedback is requested on the attached proposed agent licensing amendments, which may be included as part of FPCA-promulgated public adjuster bills by Florida Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) Alex Sink. The aforementioned public adjuster-related bills are below.  Please click …

The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following press release on March 9, 2009 containing a hyperlink to a report that assesses how firms manage their credit default swap activities related to the settlement of credit derivatives transactions terminated by …