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Surplus Lines Insurers Might Gain Right to Write Citizens Policies

Surplus Lines Insurers Might Gain Right to Write Citizens Policies

The Florida House of Representatives has advanced its version of the proposal allowing surplus lines insurers to take policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, leaving the issue in the hands of the Senate.  By a vote of 66-48, the House passed HB 245 allowing surplus lines insurers meeting certain requirements to enter into Consent Orders […]

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Main Property Bill Addresses Sinkhole Concerns

Main Property Bill Addresses Sinkhole Concerns

The current sinkhole claims crisis was one of the primary property insurance issues in the 2011 session.  Insurers have paid more than $1 billion in sinkhole claims so far according to an Office of Insurance Regulation data call.  Unfortunately, reviews found that up to 3/4 of policyholders filing these claims don’t make repairs. This has […]

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OIR Discusses Confidentiality of Administrative Supervision

OIR Discusses Confidentiality of Administrative Supervision

Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has written a letter to The Heartland Institute responding to recent suggestions that the Office of Insurance Regulation should have made information about Northern Capital Insurance Company available to the public sooner than it did.  Northern Capital was subject to administrative supervision by the Office of Insurance Regulation, but the company’s financial […]

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New Law Revises FIGA Recoupment Process

New Law Revises FIGA Recoupment Process

A bill passed in the 2010 legislative session relating to recouping Florida Insurance Guaranty Association assessments will become law effective July 1, 2010.  The new law (Chapter Law 2010-49) streamlines the process by which insurers may recoup assessments levied by FIGA.  An insurer seeking to recoup an assessment will make an informational filing with the […]

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