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HB 0635 Insurance
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HB 0605 Workers' Compensation
SB 0468 Property and Casualty Insurance Rates, Fees, and Forms
SB 1842 Health Insurance
HB 0835 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
SB 0648 Health Insurance Marketing Materials
HB 0335 Property and Casualty Insurance Rates and Forms
HB 0223 Insurance
Insurance Bills On The Move
SB 1312 Medical Negligence Claims
SENATE Died in Judiciary
HB 1329 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
HOUSE Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
SB 0356 Mutual Insurance Corporations
SENATE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
HB 1157 Health Flex Plans
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/04/13)
SB 0468 Property and Casualty Insurance Rates, Fees, and Forms
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/05/13)
HB 7093 Establishment of Clearinghouse Program within Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
HOUSE Read Third Time; Failed (Vote: 51 Yeas / 65 Nays)
SB 1516 Internal Revenue Code
Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2013-046
HB 0223 Insurance
HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
HB 7095 Public Records/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Clearinghouse Program
HOUSE Died on Third Reading
HB 0835 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
HOUSE Died on Second Reading

Insurance

Divided Citizens board approves retroactive incentive take out plan

by Gray Rohrer - 1 day ago - +
The deal gives nine month-old Heritage Property and Casualty Co. up to $52 million to take over 60,000 policies throughout the state. Heritage will be allowed to select policies without any claims filed over the past five months.

The Week in Review for May 17, 2013

by Florida Current Staff - 6 days ago - +
This week leading senators took a shot at the annual turkey list of state budget items compiled by a business-backed policy group. And Gov. Scott turned down a proposed deal to bring Internet-retailer Amazon to the state.

2013 Session Summary: Insurance

by LobbyTools - 2 weeks ago - +
Lawmakers stayed away from more strident reforms to the state's insurance entities, as comprehensive changes to Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund were watered down or blocked altogether.

Legislature adjourns 2013 session

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +
A festive crowd packs the rotunda of the Capitol Friday evening anticipating the moment when House Sergeant-at-Arms Earnie Sumner, back, and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Donald Severance drop handkerchiefs to signal the end of the 2013 legislative session
Sixty days of debate, argument, agreement and compromise end with the drop of two handkerchiefs in the Capitol rotunda to signal the completion of the 2013 legislative session.

Senate agrees to watered-down Citizens changes, sends bill to Scott

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
The more modest reforms preferred by the House that do not boost rates for Citizens but reduce coverage for expensive properties and coastal areas were approved by the Senate.

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Medical malpractice gets past House slowdown to Gov. Rick Scott's desk

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
Rep. Dave Kerner, here with Rep. Debbie Mayfield, tried to scuttle a bill on medical malpractice by offering an amendment that would prevent insurers from using gun ownership as a factor in underwriting calculations. File photo by John Iarussi. Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on a pro-gun amendment, trying to kill the bill.

Insurance bills bouncing between chambers, not passing as sine die draws near

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
The House rebuffed a bill favored by Senate leaders requiring oral cancer drugs be treated the same as other drugs. The Senate responded by inserting the provision in a bill favored by the insurance industry, and placing a tax break repeal already resisted by the House once into the same bill.

Smooth session hits gridlock on Day 57

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
House Minority Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, listens at left as Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, talks with Capitol reporters Tuesday about the Democratic Party's tactic of slowing down the House session in protest of the GOP leadership
The feel-good nature of the session came to a grinding halt Tuesday as House Democrats used stall tactics to highlight the rejection of a plan to use federal money to provide health care to 1 million Floridians. Other top priorities of House and Senate leaders are dying or are being stalled in the session's final days.

Move to let surplus lines companies take over Citizens policies rebuffed in House

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
After halting an alternative clearinghouse bill, the House put its watered-down Citizens Property Insurance Corp. bill in place of the more aggressive Senate version, SB 1770, ahead of a vote on the bill Tuesday.

House takes on Citizens overhaul, adds more consumer protections

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
Two competing visions of legislation overhauling Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are prepared for negotiations between the House and the Senate after the House passed HB 909, including more consumer protections than the Senate version.

House rebuffs Senate move to repeal insurance industry tax break, phases in car fee cut

by Gray Rohrer - 3 weeks ago - +
The duel over a tax break for the insurance industry could portend a struggle between the two chambers over tax carve-outs for favored industries in the future.

Week in Review for April 26

by Florida Current Staff - 3 weeks ago - +
This week we learned that House Speaker Will Weatherford says if state employee pension changes aren't approved this year, they will come back again, and that Gov. Rick Scott is on the lookout for lawmakers' special projects as he advocates for his priorities.

After major change protecting current customers, Citizens bill clears Senate

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +
The new version of SB 1770 keeps customers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. as of Jan 1, 2014 under the 10 percent cap on annual rate hikes and now heads to the House.

Bill eliminating no-fault insurance likely dead ... for this year

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Senate lines up behind vehicle fee cut, insurance tax break repeal

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Doctors and business groups reach deal on drug repackaging

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

The Week in Review for April 19

by Florida Current Staff - 4 weeks ago - +

Senate leaders advance insurance tax break repeal, vehicle fee reduction swap

by Gray Rohrer - 5 weeks ago - +

Omnibus insurance bill clears House, but concerns remain over nonrenewal notices

by Gray Rohrer - 5 weeks ago - +
2013 Session Summaries

Budget & Taxes

Economic Development

Education

Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture

Ethics and Elections

Gaming

Health Care

Insurance

Law Enforcement and Justice

Real Estate and Growth Management

State and Local Administration

Utilities and Energy

Popular Insurance News
Citizens board approves 'unique' deal with St. Petersburg insurance company
(Tampa Bay Times)
After big donations to Gov. Scott, insurance company may reap $52M
(Tampa Bay Times)
Sweet deal for state taxpayers or Scott donor giveaway?
(Miami Herald)
State officials visit to hear gripes against Citizens, Universal and other insurers
(Palm Beach Post)
Citizens offers cheaper rate option with no fanfare
(Miami Herald)
Florida insurance fund robust as storm season looms
(Charlotte Sun-Herald)
Lawmakers take a bite out of Citizens Insurance
(Daytona Beach News Journal)
House members say yes to cheap health insurance - for themselves
(Tampa Bay Times)
State loses another round in court on PIP auto insurance
(Palm Beach Post)
Fla. Legislature approves small changes to insurer
(Bradenton Herald)
Sides entrenched, health care deal likely dead
(Tampa Bay Times)
Fla. Senate not backing down on Medicaid expansion
(Stuart News/TCPalm)
House moderates Citizens insurance bill
(Sarasota Herald Tribune)
Florida Senate poised to take up tweaked bill to uncap rates for new Citizens insurance customers
(Palm Beach Post)
Legislators In The News
Rep Will W. Weatherford
Rep Will W. Weatherford
(R Wesley Chapel)
Sen Jack Latvala
Sen Jack Latvala
(R St. Petersburg)
Sen Alan Hays
Sen Alan Hays
(R Umatilla)
Sen Don Gaetz (D)
Sen Don Gaetz (D)
(R Niceville)
Sen Nancy Detert
Sen Nancy Detert
(R Venice)
Sen Christopher L. Smith (C)
Sen Christopher L. Smith (C)
(D West Palm Beach)
Sen Gwen Margolis
Sen Gwen Margolis
(D Miami)
Rep Katie A. Edwards
Rep Katie A. Edwards
(D Plantation)
Rep Kionne L. McGhee
Rep Kionne L. McGhee
(D Miami)
Sen Aaron Bean
Sen Aaron Bean
(R )