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The 2014 legislative session is drawing to a close, but in some respects this only means the political process will shift forums. Florida’s 60-day legislative session has only a week remaining. The last week is always the most active, with bills that have not yet passed being in a do-or-die situation for this year. Among […]
Governor Rick Scott has signed SB 1842 pertaining to health insurance into law. The law makes changes to the Florida Insurance Code necessary to allow the state’s regulations to conform to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Among its provisions, the new law will allow the Office of Insurance Regulation to review health […]
Governor Rick Scott has signed SB 1770 into law. At the outset of the 2013 legislative session, SB 1770 contained an ambitious set of reforms designed to reduce the size of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and reduce the degree to which it competes with the admitted market. The final package, however, contained a milder set of compromise […]
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has announced that it intends to submit a rate filing to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) in early June to reflect the rate reduction associated with SB 662. The bill has not yet been acted upon by Governor Scott. If it becomes law, the effective date […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) issued Informational Memorandum OIR-12-02M earlier this month providing guidance to insurers and they implement new Personal Injury Protection reforms. The Informational Memorandum coincided with Governor Scott’s signing HB 119 into law. The Informational Memorandum points out that one of the new provisions of the PIP reform requires insurers […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has issued informational memorandum OIR-12-03M discussing the recent removal of the workers’ compensation excess profits reporting requirement. The legislature passed HB 941 this year eliminating the excess profits law’s application to workers’ compensation insurance. Governor Scott has now signed this bill into law. As a result, the OIR […]
Governor Rick Scott has vetoed HB 5505, which would have created a program by which insurers could prepay premium taxes in exchange for future credits, with the proceeds being used to create liquidity for the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (FHCF). The Governor stated in his veto message that he would not approve the bill because […]
The efforts of a Tampa company to solicit chiropractors to circumvent PIP reforms has drawn adverse reactions from legislators and insurance regulators. Governor Scott has not yet acted on the bill passed at the end of the 2012 legislative session, but he worked hard with legislators to pass the bill and is expected to sign […]
Governor Rick Scott has signed a bill into law changing the way Citizens Property Insurance Corporation will levy assessments following a storm. The bill (HB 1127) had the support of the Office of Insurance Regulation, the Insurance Consumer Advocate, Citizens and the insurnace industry. Under the new law, Citizens will not levy regular assessment on the personal lines […]
One of the inevitable results of reforming an insurance system is that groups traditionally profiting from the system see their recoveries limited under the new law. This is the case with the Personal Injury Protection reforms passed by the Florida Legislature during the 2012 session. Before and during the session, policymakers called for reforms that […]
