Florida Insurance Digest

Read the testimony of Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Chief Economist Ray Spudeck, Ph.D., before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations at a special field hearing in West Palm Beach on, “The Homeowner’s Insurance Crisis: Solutions for Homeowners, Communities, and Taxpayers.”

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OIR RULINGS AND RELEASES

The Florida Property Insurance Market: An overview by Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty

Alert: Information for State Farm policyholders - June 17, 2009

Efforts to Prohibit Discriminatory Rating Practices

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WHITE PAPERS AND REPORTS

Competitive Enterprise Institute: Florida Insurance Commissioner McCarty is Wrong In His Analysis of HB 1171. Read the analysis here.

The Florida Association of Insurance Agents’ Report Card on Florida’s Quest to Harden Homes

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INTERIM STUDIES AND COMMITTEE REPORTS

Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee’s Interim Report on Hurricane Loss and Association Exposure Data Utilized for the Development of the Public Hurricane Loss Model

Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee’s Interim Report on Trade Secrets Used in Hurricane Models.

Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance: Report on the status of the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund

The Senate Banking & Insurance Committee will conduct an interim project on the regulation of debt relief services.  The committee will also conduct a mandatory open government sunset review of the public records exemptions of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association; the Board of Funeral, Cemetery, and Consumer Services.

The Senate Banking & Insurance Committee will also examine trade secrets used in hurricane models, hurricane loss and associated exposure used in the development of the public hurricane model.

The Banking & Insurance Committee staff will also complete an issue brief on insurance coverage of cancer drugs and monitor the implementation of legislation relating to mortgage brokering and lending; property insurance (HB 1495) and the title insurance study advisory council.

The Senate Health Regulation Committee staff will complete an issue brief on regulation and insurance coverage of clinical trials. 

A complete list of the Senate interim projects can be found here.

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2009 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SUMMARIES

Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance–2009 Session Summary

Florida House–2009 Session Summary

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