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An administrative law judge has ruled that a Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) data call request for insurers’ street address data by policy is invalid because the request exceeds the FHCF’s deleted legislative authority. Insurers submit data call responses to the FHCF each year containing details about the residential insurance policies they write. Historically, the […]
As with other aspects of the Florida residential property insurance market, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF) continues to benefit from the recent run of hurricane-free years. Not only does the FHCF anticipate that it can fully meet is statutory limit of $17 billion in single-season capacity, most of the the FHCF’s current single-season capacity […]
Property insurance issues have dominated the legislative session in nearly every year since Hurricane Andrew. If property insurance was not the most prevalent issue in a given session, it certainly ranked in the top five topics being considered. Over the last twenty years, the legislature has established the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, merged the former […]
The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund is seeking authorization from the Trustees of the State Board of Administration to explore, negotiate and enter into a combination of risk transfer products and/or pre-event notes totaling up to $2.2 billion. The Trustees of the State Board of Administration are the Governor, Chief Financial Officer and Attorney General. The issue […]
The 60-day Florida legislative session kicks off today. As always, the legislature will hear a number of bills related to property and casualty insurance as well as life and health insurance. Legislative committees already have been meeting and considering bills for the current session. In the property and casualty arena, the legislature may consider bills […]
The House Insurance Committee is scheduled to hear several insurance bills in a meeting today: HB 53 would apportion part of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s investment income to the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center associated with Florida State University. HB 119 would amend the definition of assets at Section 625.012, Florida Statutes, to […]
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved a bill that would use a portion of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund’s investment income to support the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center at Florida State University. Under the formula set forth in the bill, the Storm Center would have received a little less than $500,000 annually […]
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As 2014 comes to a close, several of the issues that commanded considerable attention during the year reached their resolution and set the framework for 2015 ahead. When we all return from the holidays, the legislative committee weeks will be upon us and the 2015 legislative session will begin before we know it. However, before […]
