Florida Insurance Calendar: June 3 – 7

 

Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related regulatory events for the week of June 3-7, 2013:

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

     

 

FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS

 

Wednesday, June 5

• Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association Board of Directors meeting; 11:00 a.m.  Teleconference:  866-866-2244; conference code:  7903005.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
• Florida Board of Employee Leasing Companies (“BELC”) Board meeting; 11:00 a.m.  Celebration, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, June 6

• BELC Board meeting (continued from June 5); 9:00 a.m.  Celebration, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
• Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation Rule Development Workshop; 10:00 a.m.  Proposed Rule 69L-7.602 would relieve insurers of the obligation of issuing an Explanation of Bill Review when providing reimbursement of medical bills for contractual pharmaceutical services.  To view the hearing notice, click here.
• Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Claims Committee meeting; 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  5219676193#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Friday, June 7

• Citizens Information Systems Advisory Committee meeting; 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  489641229#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

Wednesday, June 12

• Florida Workers’ Compensation Joint Underwriters Association Board of Governors teleconference meeting; 10:00 a.m.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
• Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance meeting; 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.  Washington, D.C.  Agenda includes a report from Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force; discussion of the impact of global demographics on the insurance industry and a report on regulatory developments relating to reinsurance captives.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, June 13 – Friday, June 14

• Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Participating Insurers Workshop.  Orlando, Florida.  For more information, click here.

Friday, June 14

• Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) Finance and Audit Committee meeting; 9:00 a.m.  Tallahassee, Florida.  Discussion of American Guaranty Fund Group Audit Report, 990 Tax Return and 2013 Audit Fees.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, June 18

• Florida Department of Revenue Rule Development Workshop; 10:00 a.m.  Tallahassee, Florida.  Proposed amendments to Rule 12B-8.016 provide clarification on how the retaliatory tax comparison is made among items that are, or would be imposed upon Florida insurers, or upon the agents and representatives of such insurers, as compared with items from the insurer’s state of domicile that are directly imposed upon similar insurers, or upon the agents or representatives of such insurers.  To view the Workshop notice, click here.

Wednesday, June 19

• Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association (“FWCIGA”) Investment Committee meeting; 8:30 a.m.  Orlando, Florida. 
• FWCIGA Board of Directors meeting; 9:30 a.m.  Orlando, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, June 25

• Citizens meetings; Miami, Florida
  • Market Accountability Advisory Committee meeting; 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  7849939192#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
  • Consumer Services Committee meeting; 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  6487811620#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
  • Audit Committee meeting; 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  3877541849#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
  • Finance and Investment Committee meeting; 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  2478401990#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.
  • Actuarial and Underwriting Committee meeting; 3:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Teleconference:  866-361-7525; participant code:  2478401990#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, June 26

• Citizens Board of Governors meeting; 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  Miami, Florida.  Teleconference:  888-942-8686; conference ID:  5743735657#.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Friday, June 28

• FIGA Board of Directors meeting.

Tuesday, July 23

• Florida Surplus Lines Service Office Board of Governors meeting; 1:00 p.m.  Ponte Vedra, Florida.  To view the meeting notice, click here.

Tuesday, August 6

• Florida Cabinet meeting; 9:00 a.m.
  • Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”)
    • For final adoption
      • 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.

 

 

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