Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 1980 (070118)
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Garcia) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 55, between lines 3 and 4,
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18         19.  The corporation shall, directly or through the
19  market assistance plan, make information from confidential
20  underwriting and claims files of policyholders available only
21  to licensed general lines agents who register with the
22  corporation to receive such information according to the
23  following procedures:
24         a.  By October 1, 2006, the corporation shall provide
25  policyholders the opportunity to request in writing, within 45
26  days after the notification is sent, that information from
27  their confidential underwriting files not be released to
28  licensed general lines agents registered pursuant to
29  sub-subparagraph b.
30         b.  By October 1, 2006, the corporation shall make
31  available to licensed general lines agents the registration
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 1980 (070118)
                        Barcode 613488
 1  procedures to be used to obtain confidential information from
 2  underwriting files for policies. As a condition of
 3  registration, the corporation shall require the licensed
 4  general lines agent to attest that the agent has the
 5  experience and relationships with authorized or surplus lines
 6  carriers to attempt to offer replacement coverage.
 7         c.  By January 1, 2007, the corporation shall make
 8  available through a secured website to licensed general lines
 9  agents registered pursuant to sub-subparagraph b. application,
10  rating, mitigation, and policy-type information relating to
11  all policies for which the policyholder has not requested that
12  the corporation withhold such information pursuant to
13  sub-subparagraph a. The licensed general lines agent
14  registered pursuant to sub-subparagraph b. may use such
15  information to contact and assist the policyholder in securing
16  replacement policies and the agent may disclose to the
17  policyholder that such information was obtained from the
18  corporation.
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22  And the title is amended as follows:
23         On page 3, line 15, after the semicolon,
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26         requiring the corporation to make policyholder
27         information available to general lines agents;
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