Category: Florida Office of Insurance Regulation

    In concurrence with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Fall 2010 National Meeting in Orlando, Florida, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) will host an October 21 Public Symposium on catastrophic risk and strategies for stabilizing, improving …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled an October 5, 2010 public hearing to consider a rate increase filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. (“NCCI”).  The NCCI has requested an overall average rate increase of …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released its 2009 Accident and Health Markets Gross Annual Premium and Market Report (“Report”) today, September 9, 2010.  The statutory Report includes data from health insurers, prepaid limited health service organizations and health maintenance organizations that are marketing health …

  Through informal conversations with Florida Office of Insurance Regulation officials, Colodny Fass has learned that the agency may plan to issue an instructional document on the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form (“Form OIR-B1-1802”) to provide guidance in response to …

    An August 25, 2010 hearing requested by the Florida Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (“FAPIA”) on the validity of proposed regulations relating to public adjuster conduct and ethics has been continued upon request by the Florida Division of …

  All Florida commercial and residential property insurers are required to report information relating to sinkhole claims opened between 2006 and 2010 by September 21, 2010, pursuant to a data call issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) …

  An August 3, 2010 Florida Office of Insurance Regulation hearing to review the incorporation of a new category of Motor Vehicle Service Agreement Companies called “Motor Vehicle Manufacturers” into existing Florida regulations was not requested and therefore not held.  …

  Statutory revisions to the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form (“Form OIR-B1-1802”) will be the focus of an upcoming Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Rule Development Workshop on proposed Rule 69O-170.0155, entitled “Forms.” Form OIR-B1-1802 is used in documenting …

  At a public rate hearing on August 5, 2010, Royal Palm Insurance Company (“Royal Palm”) presented its request for a 21.7 percent rate increase on its dwelling fire program to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”).  OIR officials …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) advised today, August 4, 2010, that it will hold a public workshop on September 22, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. to discuss “significant changes” to the Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form (Form OIR-B1-1802) …