Category: Florida Legislative News

The FPCA Automobile Division will be meeting via teleconference on Tuesday, April 3, at 3:00 p.m.  The call-in number is 800.369.1285; conference code: 7530258#.  The meeting materials will be forthcoming.   Should you have any questions, please contact Katie Webb (kwebb@cftlaw.com). 

FPCA Homeowners Division Members: The Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) held a Rule Workshop on March 22, 2012, on proposed Rules 69B-220.051 and 69B-220.201, Florida Administrative Code, relating to public adjusters and public adjuster apprentices.  The record for the …

  Testimony of Sandra F. Braunstein, Director of the U.S. Treasury’s Division of Consumer and Community Affairs, given on March 29, 2012 before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs at the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C.   To …

  The Louisiana House of Representatives Insurance Committee is scheduled to meet April 4, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., during which it is expected to consider various insurance-related bills.  A complete listing of the bills is attached in PDF format.   …

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner discusses the the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget of the U.S. Department of the Treasury on March 28, 2012 before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.   To view …

  U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Elizabeth A. Duke discusses Building Sustainable Communities at the 2012 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference in Seattle, Washington (via video conference).   To view a complete report, click here. Governor Elizabeth A. …

  The following news release about market-determined exchange rates was issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on March 27, 2012:   United States Promotes Market-Determined Exchange Rates at World Trade Organization Forum   WASHINGTON – Deputy U.S. Trade …

  U.S. Federal Reserve Director of International Finance Steven B. Kamin discusses the European Economic and Financial Situation on March 27, 2012 before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives.   …

  The U.S. Federal Reserve issued the following news release today, March 26, 2012:   Federal Agencies Propose Revisions to Leveraged Finance Guidance   The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office …

  Speech by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke given at the Federal Reserve Conference on Central Banking:  Before, During and After the Crisis in Washington D.C.   To view the complete report, click here.   Chairman Bernanke’s speech …