Florida’s administrative rule providing guidelines for insurer penalties might go by the wayside under a proposal by the Office of Insurance Regulation. The agenda for today’s Cabinet meeting indicates that the OIR will seek authority to repeal the existing rule, 69O-142.011. The rule has been in effect since November 6, 1994. The repeal of this […]
Governor Rick Scott has signed HB 7055 into law restoring the Governor’s ability to directing rulemaking at agencies under his control. The legislature passed the bill this year in response to the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Whiley v. Scott. That case arose from the Governor’s first official act when he took office, which was […]