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The Office of Insurance Regulation has indicated that it is too early to adjust workers’ compensation rates for changes the Florida legislature might make next year to the manner in which workers’ compensation prescriptions are dispensed. The National Federation of Independent Business asked the OIR to cut 2.5% from the National Council on Compensation Insurance workers’ […]
The Office of Insurance Regulation has named Michelle Robleto as its new Deputy Insurance Commissioner for Life and Health Insurance. “Michelle Robleto is a consummate professional with an outstanding reputation in the health insurance industry, and as a public servant for the State of Florida,” remarked Commissioner Kevin McCarty. “I am confident she will be a […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum to all health insurers and HMO’s. The purpose of the memorandum is to notify health insurers and HMO’s of a recent amendment to the federal interim final rules relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes. The OIR’s informational memorandum can be […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has named several veteran regulators to new positions within the agency. Some of the changes affect oversight of the property and casualty area, where the newly named senior regulators take the place of individuals who left the OIR to pursue other opportunities earlier this year. Richard Koon has been […]
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation got the insurance world talking recently when it announced that rates for sinkhole coverage would increase by an average of 400 percent, and by much higher amounts in certain areas. Citizens’ rate increases are capped at 10 percent per policyholder per year, but the 2011 legislature removed sinkhole coverage from the […]
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has named Robin Westcott as Florida’s next Insurance Consumer Advocate. CFO Atwater chose Ms. Westcott based on her long career in insurance regulation and her knowledge of issues that affect the insurance-buying public. “Robin will be an ardent, outspoken and persistent advocate for Florida’s insurance consumers,” said CFO Atwater. “She is committed to […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has announced that South Dakota has become the 6th state to join the Non-Admitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement. According to OIR, the six NIMA states represent 19.6 percent of the surplus lines market countrywide, according to 2009 data. The OIR believes additional states may join NIMA when the July 21, […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has issued an informational memorandum (OIR-11-05m) summarizing the minimum surplus requirements for property and casualty insurers as revised in SB 408. The bill was signed into law on May 17, 2011, and the surplus requirements became effective at that time. The new law specifies that a new insurer writing […]
Governor Rick Scott has signed HB 99 into law, reducing Florida’s regulation of commercial insurance rates. In 2010, the legislature amended section 627.062 to provide that limited types of commercial insurance rates are not subject to prior regulatory approval. Instead, insurers writing the listed types of products can implement rate changes subject to a notice […]
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation holds a public hearing today beginning at 9:30 to discuss life insurance claims settlement practices. The OIR delivered investigative subpoenas to MetLife and Nationwide Life. The OIR has indicated it also is looking into other insurers’ claims practices. Florida is part of a national task force reviewing these issues. […]
