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SB 2044
Insurer Report Card Rule Slated for Financial Services Commission
Proposed administrative rules proving a grading system for an insurer report card are scheduled to be presented to the Financial Services Commission for adoption on August 26, 2010. The Office of the Insurance Consumer Advocate published the rules last year and held workshops and hearings to gather input from interested parties. Several insurer groups raised […]
Insurance rate veto makes matters worse
Governor Crist Calls for Special Session
On Thursday, July 8, Governor Charlie Crist called for a special session to consider adding a constitutional amendment on the November ballot banning offshore drilling in Florida waters. The session would run from July 20 to July 23. “I feel a compelling duty to protect Florida,” Crist said in his press conference from Tallahassee. It […]
‘People’s’ governor hurts flock with property insurance veto
Letters: Crist was wrong to veto property insurance bill
Special session could bring veto overrides to Tallahassee
State still needs insurance reform
EDITORIAL: Vetoing reality
Governor vetoes property bill; signs commericial deregulation bill
The Governor vetoed SB 2044, the big property bill, Tuesday night. In his veto message he expressed concern about the change in how mitigation credits and debits would be implemented and the expansion of the expedited rate filing process. The veto does mean that the prohibition against use and file expires on December 31, 2010. This bill […]