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Consumer Protection Laws Added to Florida Insurance Code

Consumer Protection Laws Added to Florida Insurance Code

HB 939 entitled “Consumer Protections” was passed by the Legislature and amends various statutes in the Florida Insurance Code among other changes.  The Governor approved the law on May 2, 2024, and the changes take effect July 1, 2024.  The insurance-related changes in the bill (1) add continuing education (CE) requirements for accountants used by […]

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Governor Signs Property Insurance Bill

Governor Signs Property Insurance Bill

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed this year’s primary property insurance bill, SB 76, into law.  Most of the bill’s provisions take effect July 1, 2021. The legislature passed SB 76 after extended debate leading into and during the 2021 legislative session.  As is often the case during the legislative process, the final bill reflects a […]

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Senate Committee Issues Brief on Public Adjusters

Senate Committee Issues Brief on Public Adjusters

The Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance has issued a brief on public adjusters as additional legislation is contemplated for the 2011 session.  The brief begins with a recap of the public adjuster reforms that were included in SB 2044, which passed both chambers of the legislature in the 2010 but was vetoed by Governor […]

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Banking and Insurance Committee to Conduct Interim Projects

Banking and Insurance Committee to Conduct Interim Projects

The Banking and Insurance Committee of the Florida Senate has announced its interim projects in anticipation of the 2011 legislative session.  The committee staff will conduct project 2011-104 relating to sinkhole insurance, with a report due by October 1, 2010.  The project summary notes that Florida has a large number of sinkholes, and problems in […]

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Circuit Court Upholds Prohibition Against Public Adjuster Solicitation of Insureds During Catastrophe

Circuit Court Upholds Prohibition Against Public Adjuster Solicitation of Insureds During Catastrophe

A Tallahassee circuit court in the case of Frederick W. Kortum, Jr. v Alex Sink, upheld the state statute that prohibits adjusters from soliciting insured homeowners within 48 hours of a catastrophe.   The ban contained in section 626.854(6), Florida Statutes, was challenged as an unconstitutional suppression of commercial free speech and a violation of the […]

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