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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released a report summarizing the results of its annual reinsurance data call and stress test. Under the stress test, residential property insurers are required to identify how their reinsurance programs would respond to several hurricane scenarios, including a single large event or multiple smaller events. According to the OIR’s […]
The Office of Insurance Regulation held a second workshop on a series of proposed changes to rules governing insurance holding company systems, transactions with affiliates, and insurance company acquisitions. The requirements are set forth in administrative rules 69O-143.046, 69O-143.047, and 69O-143.056. Most of the provisions in these rules have been on the books for many […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (Office) has scheduled a public hearing in connection with its evaluation of the annual NCCI rate filing. The filing proposes an overall average rate decrease of 1.9% for the workers’ compensation line of insurance. NCCI is a licensed rating organization authorized to make rate filings on behalf of approximately 260 workers’ […]
In its Insurance Insights newsletter, the Florida Department of Financial Services has summarized its access to licensees’ records as its compliance topic of the month. DFS notes that its right to conduct investigations and attain access to the accounts, records, documents, and transactions pertaining to or affecting the insurance affairs of any licensee is addressed […]
Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provide data relating to how the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) sets rates. McCarty has commented that even without seeing the data, it appears that the NFIP’s rates would not satisfy the Office of Insurance Regulation’s standard that rates not be unfairly […]
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Association for Insurance Reform (FAIR) at its 2015 awards banquet. FAIR is a non-profit association that works to educate consumers and industry stakeholders about the effects of insurance public policy considerations. FAIR attempts to encourage dialogue among consumers, insurers, public adjusters, the trial […]
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 […]
The Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) recently commented on the rate filing it received from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) proposing a statewide average premium decrease of 2.2%. The OIR pointed out that the filing includes a statewide average rate decrease of 1.9% and a reduction of the fixed expense cost applicable to […]
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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 […]
