Category: Florida Legislative News
Mar 25, 2013
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: A meeting via teleconference has been rescheduled with an editor and reporter from the Miami Herald on Tuesday, March 26, at 2:00 p.m., for FPCA Homeowners Division Members to discuss topics on …
Mar 25, 2013
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: We are proposing a FPCA Day on the Hill. The proposed dates are: April 2, April 3, April 8, April 9 or April 10, 2013. Please let Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com) know if …
Mar 25, 2013
Florida Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Joe Negron is expected to file legislation this week that would eliminate a 30-year-old tax break allowing insurance companies to claim tax credits equal to 15 percent of salaries they pay to their Florida …
Mar 25, 2013
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: Attached is a copy of draft language on the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. The draft language would lower the FHCF retention to $5.3 billion; lower the FHCF claims-paying capacity to $15 billion; …
Mar 25, 2013
Florida Property and Casualty Association Members: Colodny Fass& Webb presents its weekly bill tracking chart for the week ending March 22, 2013. This chart, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during …
Mar 25, 2013
Colodny Fass& Webb presents its weekly bill tracking chart for the week ending March 22, 2013. This chart, which is attached, is designed to assist in following pending priority state-level insurance issues during the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, which …
Mar 22, 2013
Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: The FPCA Homeowners Division meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 25, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. and every Monday thereafter until May 6, 2013. The conference call number: 800-369-1285 code: 2584905#. An agenda …
Mar 21, 2013
The Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) met on March 20, 2013 to consider and discuss the following bills: Senate Bill 468 relating to Commercial Insurance Rates and Forms by Senator Hukill passed through the Committee. There …
Mar 19, 2013
A bill revising Florida law relating to captive insurance companies, along with legislation that would add a structural engineer to the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology were among the proposals approved by the Florida House of Representatives’ …
Mar 19, 2013
At its meeting today, March 19, 2013, the Florida House of Representatives’ Health Quality Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”) unanimously approved HB 605 relating to Workers’ Compensation. Sponsor State Representative Matt Hudson presented his bill, which would require the same rate of …