Senate Bill 1560
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1560
By Senator Horne
6-1158-00 See HB 1115
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to bail bond premiums; creating
3 s. 624.4094, F.S.; requiring reporting of net
4 amounts of certain bail bond premiums;
5 providing a minimum requirement for direct
6 written premiums for bail bonds; providing
7 application; providing reporting requirements
8 for assumed premiums; requiring recordkeeping;
9 requiring disclosure of certain information in
10 annual statements; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Section 624.4094, Florida Statutes, is
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16 624.4094 Bail bond premiums.--
17 (1) The Legislature finds that a significant portion
18 of bail bond premiums is retained by the licensed bail bond
19 agents or licensed managing general agents. For purposes of
20 reporting in financial statements required to be filed with
21 the department pursuant to s. 624.424, direct written premiums
22 for bail bonds by a domestic insurer in this state shall be
23 reported net of any amounts retained by licensed bail bond
24 agents or licensed managing general agents. However, in no
25 case shall the direct written premiums for bail bonds be less
26 than 6.5 percent of the total consideration received by the
27 agent for all bail bonds written by the agent. This subsection
28 also applies to any determination of compliance with s.
29 624.4095.
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1560
6-1158-00 See HB 1115
1 (2) Premiums assumed by a domestic insurer shall be
2 reported consistent with subsections (1) and (4) for purposes
3 of filing financial statements with the department.
4 (3) Each domestic bail bond insurer shall keep
5 complete and accurate records of the total consideration paid
6 for all bail bonds written by such insurer.
7 (4) Each domestic bail bond insurer shall disclose the
8 following information in the notes to the financial statement
9 in the insurer's annual statement filed with the department.
10 (a) The gross bail bond premiums written in each state
11 by agents for the company.
12 (b) The amount of premium taxes incurred by the
13 company in each state.
14 (c) Total consideration withheld by agents and not
15 reported as an expense by the insurer in financial statements
16 filed with the department.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2000.
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20 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Requires direct written premiums for bail bonds by a
22 domestic insurer in this state to be reported net of any
amounts retained by licensed bail bond agents or licensed
23 managing general agents and requires direct written
premiums for bail bonds to be not less than 6.5 percent
24 of the total consideration received by the agent for all
bail bonds written by the agent. Specifies reporting
25 requirements and information to be disclosed in annual
statements.
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