Florida Insurance Calendar: May 27 – 31

May 24, 2013

Following is a listing of Florida insurance-related regulatory events for the week of May 27-31, 2013:

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

FLORIDA INSURANCE REGULATORY EVENTS

Tuesday, May 28

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) Proposed Rule Hearing; 9:00 a.m. Proposed amendments to Rule 19-8.028 would adopt the 2013-2014 FHCF Reimbursement Premium Formula and 2013-2014 Reimbursement Premium Rates. In addition, the proposed Rule specifies exposure reporting requirements and provisional premiums for specified new participants, revises exemptions from coverage for policies predominantly covering specialized fine arts risks or scheduled personal property meeting specified criteria, and deletes obsolete or unnecessary language. To view the hearing notice, click here.
- The FHCF Advisory Council will meet at 1:00 p.m. to review public comments from the Hearing. Teleconference: 888-670-3525; conference code: 7135858151. To view the meeting notice, click here.

Wednesday, May 29

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) Depopulation Committee meeting; 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tallahassee, Florida. Teleconference: 855-312-8651; participant code: 4458606638#. To view the meeting notice, click here.

Thursday, May 30

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) Public Rate Hearing; 9:00 a.m. Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Company has requested an average statewide increase of 28.1 percent for its homeowners program, effective August 1, 2013 for new business and September 25, 2013 for renewal business. The requested rate change is not uniform and some areas would be subject to higher rates. To view the meeting notice, click here.

Friday, May 31

Florida Workers’ Compensation Insurance Guaranty Association (“FWCIGA”) Audit Committee meeting.

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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 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.

Tuesday, 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.

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.

Thursday, June 13 – Friday, June 14

FHCF Participating Insurers Workshop. Orlando, Florida. For more information, click here.

Friday, June 14

Florida Insurance Guaranty Association (“FIGA”) Finance and Audit Committee meeting.

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 hearing notice, click here.

Wednesday, June 19

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

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.
- 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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