Florida Insurance Calendar: December 22-26, 2014
Dec 22, 2014
Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related legislative and regulatory events for the week of December 22-26, 2014. All times are shown in Eastern Time.
Additional information is available via hyperlink where noted in bold type.
FLORIDA INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE EVENTS
LOOKING AHEAD
Interim Committee Meetings
- Week of January 5, 2015
- Week of January 20, 2015
- Week of February 2, 2015
- Week of February 9, 2015
- Week of February 16, 2015
FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS
LOOKING AHEAD
Wednesday, January 7
- Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Proposed Rule Hearing; 9:00 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida. Proposed Rule 69L-6.029, “Employer Worksites,” would implement Chapter 2014-109, Laws of Florida, which amended s. 440.107, F.S. Under the new law, an employer now has 10 business days instead of five to produce business records following a written request from the Florida Department of Financial Services, or be subject to a Stop Work Order. To view the hearing notice, click here.
Tuesday, January 13
- Florida Division of Consumer Services Rule Development Workshop; 10:00 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida. Proposed rulemaking relating to neutral evaluation of disputed sinkhole insurance claims in Florida would repeal Rule 69J-8.004, which is unneeded since the standards for neutral evaluators are now in Section 627.7074, F.S. Subsection 69J-8.008(2) would be amended to require insurers to contact claimants within three business days of notice of a request for neutral evaluation, and to copy the Florida Department of Financial Services on the correspondence to the claimant. Subsection (9) of Rule 69J-8.008 would be added to impose a duty on neutral evaluators to disclose conflicts of interest within three business days of assignment. Subsection (5) would be added to Rule 69J-8.009 to require disclosure of professionals used by a neutral evaluator and conflicts of interest associated with those professionals. To view the Workshop notice, click here.
Thursday, January 15
- Florida Division of Insurance Agents and Agency Services Proposed Rule Hearing; 10:00 a.m. Proposed amendments to Rule 69B-235.003, “Sale of Certificates of Deposit,” would remove a standard to determine discretionary refusal, suspension or revocation of an agent’s license in conjunction with the sale of Certificates of Deposit if an agent has been a source of loss to the public, pursuant to subsection 626.621(6), F.S. The words “detrimental to public interest” as used in the statute were found to be unconstitutionally vague in Whitaker v. Department of Insurance and Treasurer, 680 So.2d 528 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996). To view the Hearing notice, click here.
Wednesday, January 28
- Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Board of Governors meeting; 9:00 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida. To view the meeting notice, click here.
Thursday, January 29
- Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology Flood Standards Development Committee. Tallahassee, Florida. Meeting information is forthcoming.
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