Florida Insurance Calendar: April 8 – 12

 

Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related regulatory events for the week of April 8-12, 2013:

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

    

FLORIDA INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE EVENTS

 

 Tuesday, April 9

• Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance meeting; 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.   To view the complete agenda, click here.  Confirmation of Citizens Property Insurance Executive Director Barry Gilway.  Consideration of the following bills:
  • SB 860 relating to Workers’ Compensation System Administration
  • SB 1498 relating to Sinkhole Insurance
  • SB 418 relating to Insurance
  • SB 1408 relating to Captive Insurance
  • SPB 7152 relating to Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance
  • SPB 7150 relating to Public Records/Insurance Policies

 

 

FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS

          

Wednesday, April 10

• Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation 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.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

Monday, April 15

• Florida Surplus Lines Service Office (“FSLSO”) Audit Committee meeting; 12:30 p.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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