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The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an Emergency Order applicable to Florida’s Panhandle and Big Bend regions. The order requires insurers to rescind recently issued cancellation and nonrenewal notices and to extend policyholders’ deadlines. It is similar to one issued last year following Hurricane Irma, although this year’s order covers a narrower area light of Hurricane […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) is hosting the next edition of its industry summit on October 24-25 in Tallahassee. The OIR has hosted several similar summits in the past to discuss emerging issues of interest to regulators and the insurance industry. Early versions of the summit concentrated on the form and rate filing […]
Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal in Restoration 1 of Port St. Lucie v. Ark Royal Insurance Company determined that an insurer may require approval of all insureds and the mortgagee before an assignment of benefits is valid. This ruling differs from a conclusion reached by the 5th DCA last year after the Office of […]
The Florida Department of Services (DFS) conducted a workshop on Friday to receive comments to its proposed revisions to Rule Chapter 69B-231. These rules set forth penalty guidelines for various misconduct by agents, adjusters and other licensees. In instances where DFS has discretionary authority to suspend a licensee’s license, the rule identifies the suspension periods […]
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The 5th District Court of Appeal dealt another setback to insurers dealing with the “assignment of benefits” issue that continues to lead to rising insurance rates and restricted capacity in some areas of the state. The latest in a string of adverse judicial decisions came last week in Restoration 1 CFL, LLC v. ASI Preferred […]
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The insurance industry should stay tuned in the 2018 session for potential updates to Florida’s trade secret laws. Insurers are familiar with Section 624.4213, which creates a process for protecting information submitted to the Office of Insurance Regulation or the Florida Department of Financial Services. Although the current law has been helpful in creating a […]
As we enter 2018, information reported to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation indicates that insured losses from Hurricane Irma have topped $7 billion, now reaching $7.2 billion. These losses arise from the 877,000 claims that have been reported by insurers. More than 80 percent of the reported claims have been closed, with about […]
