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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) announced that it has received the annual workers’ compensation rate filing submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The rate filing provides for an overall 1% increase in workers’ compensation rates. The effective date of the filing is January 1, 2014. As in prior years, the […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has unveiled a new resource for allowing interested persons to provide input on life and health insurance form and rate filings. “Hearing the opinions of Florida’s consumers about proposed changes to their insurance is considered a top priority of the Office. This feature presents a suitable forum for those opinions […]
The Office of Insurance Regulation has decided to move forward with repealing the so-called “penalty rule” (69O-142.011 “Insurer Conduct Penalty Guidelines”) despite uniform support among industry representatives for keeping the rule, with appropriate revisions. The existing rule categories many types of violations of the insurance code, informing the public and the insurance industry about the […]
The House version of a plan to reform Florida’s personal injury protection laws has cleared the House of Representatives’ Civil Justic Subcommittee by a 10-5 vote. The next scheduled stop for the bill is the Economic Affairs Committee. The House proposal (HB 119) is a 109-page bill making a number of changes designed to curb […]
