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OIR Issues Final Order Approving Workers Compensation Rates

OIR Issues Final Order Approving Workers Compensation Rates

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued a Final Order approving the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s overall statewide average rate increase of 14.5% for workers’ compensation insurance.  The rate increase applies to both new and renewal workers’ compensation insurance policies effective in Florida as of December 1, 2016. NCCI initially submitted a filing […]

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Further Reduction in Citizens Coverage A Coming January 1

Further Reduction in Citizens Coverage A Coming January 1

As required by a law passed in 2013, the maximum Coverage A amounts for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s personal residential coverage will be reduced again effective January 1, 2017.  Effective at the beginning of net year, the following new business and renewals for personal residential risks are no longer are eligible for coverage in Citizens: A structure […]

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NCCI Filings Available Through I-File

NCCI Filings Available Through I-File

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) announced this week that filings of the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) are now available through the OIR’s I-File system.  This includes prior filings dating back to the 2001 implementation of the electronic filing system. NCCI wrote to the OIR acknowledging that both the OIR and NCCI […]

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Water Damage Claims Drive Rate Increases

Water Damage Claims Drive Rate Increases

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation recently received approval of its 2016 rates, which will go into effect February 1, 2016.  The rates as approved by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation are similar in the aggregate to those filed by Citizens, although the OIR made some adjustments in approving the final rates.  The statewide average rate […]

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OIR Seeks to Amend Holding Company Regulations

OIR Seeks to Amend Holding Company Regulations

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held a workshop at its office in Tallahassee to discuss potential amendments to key administrative rules governing insurance holding company systems and transactions between insurers and their affiliates. The workshop is the first step in the administrative rule making process, which ultimately leads to formal revisions to regulations governing […]

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DFS Cautions Against Unauthorized Charges

DFS Cautions Against Unauthorized Charges

The Florida Department of Financial Services has issued guidance to agents regarding unlawful or unauthorized charges.  The department advises that it has received an increasing number of inquiries from Florida agents asking if they can charge fees for services ancillary to placing insurance, such as issuing certificates of coverage.  The department responds that charging these types […]

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