Florida Insurance Calendar: July 29 – August 2

 

Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related regulatory events for the week of July 29-August 2, 2013:

All times are shown in Eastern Time.  Additional information is available via hyperlink where noted in bold type.

 

FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS

   

Tuesday, July 30

• Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Proposed Rule Hearing; 9:30 a.m.  Tallahassee, Florida.
  
  • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-137.001 would adopt the 2012 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Annual Statement Instructions Manual.  To view the Hearing notice, click here.
  • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-138.001 would adopt the 2013 NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook.  To view the Hearing notice, click here.
• Florida Health Insurance Advisory Board meeting; 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.  Tallahassee, Florida.  Updates on state/federal healthcare issues, including a presentation on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the OIR’s I-File Forms and Rates Filing Search System.  The Florida Channel will broadcasting the meeting live on television and online.  To view the agenda, click here.
• Executive Office of the Governor public meeting; 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Tallahassee, Florida.  Discussion on candidates to interview for the statutory Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Inspector General position.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

Tuesday, August 6

• Florida Cabinet meeting; 9:00 a.m.
  • OIR agenda
    • For final adoption
      • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-137.001 would adopt the 2012 National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) Annual Statement Instructions Manual.  To view the hearing notice, click here.
      • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-138.001 would adopt the 2013 NAIC Financial Condition Examiners Handbook.  To view the hearing notice, click here.
      • Proposed Rule 69O-142.022 would develop the “Notice of Estimated Premium Impacts from the Federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” required by CS/SB 1842, which amended s.627.410, F.S.  The Notice will be required to be sent to all individual and small group non-grandfathered health plans or health maintenance organizations.  To view the hearing notice, click here.
      • Proposed amendments to Rule 69O-149.003, “Rate Filing Procedures,” relating to life and health insurers, would 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.

Tuesday, August 13

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

Thursday, August 15

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

Friday, August 16

• FWCJUA Reinsurance Committee teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m. 

Tuesday, August 20

• FWCJUA Operations Committee teleconference meeting; 11:00 a.m.
• FWCJUA Producer Committee teleconference meeting; 2:00 p.m.

Wednesday, August 21

• Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies (“BELC”) Board meeting; 10:00 a.m.  Teleconference:  888-670-3525; conference code:   7489217568#.   To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, September 3

• FWCJUA Rates and Forms Committee teleconference meeting; 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, September 11

• FWCJUA Annual Membership and Board of Governors meetings; 10:00 a.m.  Sarasota, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Monday, September 16

• Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association (“FAJUA”) Board and Committee meetings.  Tampa, Florida.

Tuesday, September 17

• FAJUA Board and Committee meetings.  Tampa, Florida.

Wednesday, September 18

• BELC Board meeting; 11:00 a.m.  Sarasota, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, September 19

• BELC Board meeting; 9:00 a.m.  Sarasota, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Friday, September 20

• Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Board of Governors meeting; 9:00 a.m.

 Wednesday, October 16

• BELC Board meeting; 10:00 a.m.  Teleconference:  888-670-3525; conference code:  7489217568#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, November 13

• BELC Board meeting; 11:00 a.m.  St. Augustine, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, November 14

• BELC Board meeting; 9:00 a.m.  St. Augustine, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, December 18

• BELC Board meeting; 10:00 a.m.  Teleconference:  888-670-3525; conference code:  7489217568#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

 

 

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