Florida Insurance Calendar: April 1 – 5

 

Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related regulatory events for the week of April 1-5, 2013:

All times are Eastern Time (“ET”).  Additional information is available via hyperlink where noted in bold type.

    

FLORIDA INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE EVENTS

 

Tuesday, April 2

• Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance meeting; 12:30 p.m. To view the agenda, click here. Discussion and testimony on Personal Injury Protection and consideration of the following bills:
  • SB 1046 relating to Insurance
  • SB 324 relating to Florida Insurance Guaranty Association
  • SPB 7138 relating to Health Insurance
  • SB 1262 relating to Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund
  • SB 836 relating to Insurer Solvency
  • SB 834 relating to Public Records/Proprietary Business Information/Office of Insurance Regulation
  • CS/SB 1172 relating to Land Trusts
  • SB 1612 relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
  • SB 242 relating to Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact
  • SB 262 relating to Delivery of Insurance Policies
  • SB 550 relating to Worthless Checks, Drafts, or Orders of Payment
  • SB 1622 relating to Establishment of a Clearinghouse Diversion Program Within the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
  • SB 1606 relating to Public Records/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
  • SPB 7136 relating to Public Records/Inspector General/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
  • SPB 7140 relating to Public Records/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Clearinghouse
  • SB 410 relating to Money Services Businesses
  • SB 1410 relating to Fire Safety and Prevention
  • SB 924 relating to Dentists

 

 

FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS

        

Tuesday, April 2

• Florida Cabinet meeting; 9:00 a.m.  To view the agenda, click here.
• Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation (“DWC”) Proposed Rule Hearing; 10:30 a.m.  Repeal of Rule 69L-10.0165, “On-site Audit Criteria,” is proposed because it offers no practical application.  The Rule provides guidance relating to the on-site audit of entities making claims for reimbursement against the Special Disability Trust Fund.  The DWC continually audits such claims in-house in a process that ensures there is no reimbursement of claims without sufficient documentation.  To view the hearing notice, click here.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

Wednesday, April 10

• DWC Proposed Rule Hearing; 10:30 a.m.  Proposed Rule 69L-6.012, entitled “Notice of Election to be Exempt,” would provide employers seeking exemptions from the coverage requirements found under Chapter 440, F.S., with an electronic method for submittal of Form DFS-F2-DWC-250 (Notice of Election to be Exempt).  To view the hearing notice, click here.

Friday, April 12

• Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Monday, April 15

• Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (“FSLSO”) Audit Committee meeting; 11:30 a.m.  Agenda includes discussion of the 2012 FSLSO Financial Audit.  Tallahassee, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
• FSLSO Board of Governors meeting; 1:00 p.m.   Tallahassee, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, April 17

• Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Rule Development Workshop; 9:30 a.m.  Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-157.302 relating to long-term care insurance rates would move the rates from the body of the Rule to the OIR Web site to facilitate more rapid updating of the most recently published new business rates.  It would also consolidate the rates for facility-only, non-facility-only and comprehensive categories into one Rule.  To view the hearing notice, click here.
• Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies Board meeting; 1:00 p.m.  Naples, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, April 18

• Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies Board meeting (continued); 9:00 a.m.  Naples, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, April 23

• Florida Cabinet meeting; 9:00 a.m.
  • OIR
    • For final adoption
      • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-149.003, “Rate Filing Procedures” relating to life and health insurers delete the Maximum Annual Medical Trend tables from the text of the Rule, provide the URL of the OIR’s Web site on which the tables will be published and updated as needed, and limit the use of streamlined rate increase filings to Medicare Supplement providers with fewer than 1,000 policyholders nationwide, rather than to 1,000 policyholders in Florida.

Thursday, April 25

• Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriting Association (“FWCJUA”) Safety Committee teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, April 30

• FWCJUA Market Assistance Plan Committee meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, May 1

• FWCJUA Producer Committee teleconference meeting; 2:00 p.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, May 15

• FWCJUA Investment Committee teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
• FWCJUA Rates and Forms Committee teleconference meeting; 2:00 p.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, May 16

• FWCJUA Audit Committee teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, May 23

• FWCJUA Operations Committee teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, June 12

• FWCJUA Board of Governors teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

 

 

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