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FL S1006

Bill

Status

Vetoed

4/27/2015

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Clarifies that the Governor's consumer representative appointee to the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation's board is not prohibited from practicing certain professions if required or permitted by law or ordinance.

  • Requires licensed agents of the corporation to maintain an appointment with an insurer writing personal lines residential, commercial residential, or commercial nonresidential property coverage throughout their tenure as a corporation agent.

  • Permits corporations, reinsurers, reinsurance brokers, and modeling companies to use Citizens' policyholder information for underwriting analysis and take-out plan development, but prohibits direct solicitation of policyholders with such information.

  • Requires the corporation to revise take-out programs after January 1, 2016, to inform policyholders of insurer interest in assuming their policies, with uniform premium and coverage comparisons, and allows policyholders to limit solicitations to once per 6-month period.

  • Designates policyholders whose policies were taken out within 36 months as renewal policyholders if the new insurer's premium exceeded its estimate by more than 10 percent or raised rates beyond corporation allowances.

Legislative Description

Operations of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation

Last Action

Laid on Table

4/27/2015

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/10/2015
Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government3/25/2015
Banking and Insurance2/27/2015

Full Bill Text

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