Category: Florida Legislative News

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Automobile Division weekly conference calls begin today (March 5) at 4:00 p.m.  The call-in number for the today’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46366#. Minutes from the February 9, 2009 meeting and an …

  Above:  Florida Governor Charlie Crist Delivers State of the State Address on Opening Day of the 2009 Legislative Session   The press release below was issued subsequent to Florida Governor Charlie Crist delivering his State of the State Address …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Homeowners Division weekly conference calls begin tomorrow (March 6) at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number for tomorrow’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46367#. Minutes from the February 9, 2009 meeting, as well as …

Above: Florida Gov. Charlie Crist called his Tuesday State of the State address ‘a dose of reality.’ SCOTT KEELER / ST. PETERSBURG TIMES   To view a complete story, click on the headline below:   Governor Crist: We Must Spend …

Legislation designed to “correct” Florida statutes that would have “neutralized” the provisions of a Federal Stimulus Bill that allowed accelerated first-year corporate depreciation deductions and additional first-year expensing by corporate taxpayers passed the Florida Senate by 39-1 on March 3, …

Today, Wednesday March 4, 2009, the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee (“Committee”) met in Tallahassee.  Upon the opening of the meeting, Senator J.D. Alexander (R-Winter Haven) asked that further questioning of Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) officials take …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Automobile Division will hold weekly conference calls during the 2009 Florida Legislative Session.  These calls will take place on Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., starting on Thursday, March 5.  Call-in information, …

The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee met on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.  Items on the agenda included: SB 742:  Relating to Property Insurance Rate Reduction by Senator Mike Fasano SB 742, the “Property Insurance Rate Reduction Act,” would require that …

The U.S. House Financial Sevices Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises has scheduled a hearing entitled “Perspectives on Systemic Risk” on Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.  Related information below includes: The U.S. House Financial Sevices …

U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve Board Announce Launch of Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility March 3, 2009 U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board Announce Launch of Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) To view the White Paper, Terms and Conditions, and …