Gray RohrerJanuary 11, 2024
5min0
'I don’t think our middle ground is their middle ground.'
Tag: House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Gray RohrerJanuary 11, 2024
Michael MolineFebruary 13, 2019
6min676
It would ban companies from handing out cash for auto glass claims
Michael MolineFebruary 7, 2019
8min1215
It's one part of the problem of assignment of benefits, or AOB, abuse.
Michael MolineOctober 12, 2017
3min264
Hurricane Irma recovery clearly will dominate the 2018 Legislative Session, but the chairman of the House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee hopes to find time to address a few of the state’s other problems. Like assignment of benefits abuse, for example. “I fully expect that to be a policy discussion,” Rep. Danny Burgess said following an […]
Michael MolineMarch 27, 2017
4min320
The House version of legislation to do away with personal injury protection, or PIP, insurance in Florida will get a hearing Monday before the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee. PCS/HB 1063 is 57 pages long, but here’s the thrust: Effective Jan. 1, motorists no longer would be required to maintain PIP coverage. Instead, they would insure […]
Scott PowersMarch 20, 2017
3min327
A bill that would give credit unions the same exemption from state anti-deceptive practice laws that banks and savings and loans already enjoy passed a Florida House of Representatives committee with no debate Monday. The committee substitute for House Bill 1347, introduced by Democratic state Rep. Shevrin Jones of West Park, would exempt state or […]
Michael MolineMarch 14, 2017
8min596
The House Insurance & Banking Subcommittee voted Tuesday narrowly against requiring workers to pay their own attorney fees in disputes over benefits. The tally went 8-7 against an amendment by Republican Jay Fant to scrap most of a proposed committee bill addressing escalating workers’ compensation premiums. The panel proceeded to approve the underlying bill, 14-1. Fant was […]
Michael MolineFebruary 8, 2017
7min466
The chairman of a key House subcommittee said Wednesday that legislation to address rising worker’s compensation premiums will include curbs on attorney fees, “the biggest driver of the premiums.” Danny Burgess, chairman of the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee, spoke following a hearing into a raft of possible solutions to escalating worker’s compensation premiums. Also on […]
Phil AmmannAugust 24, 2015
4min231
With a tip of the hat to Legislative IQ powered by LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. Off: Shirley Proctor is no longer administrative assistant to the Senate Committee on Judiciary. On: Joyce Butler has become the new administrative assistant for Judiciary. Off & On: Ned Luczynski has become policy chief […]