Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 1980 (070118)
                        Barcode 613708
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11  The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Baker) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 82, between lines 27 and 28,
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17  insert:  
18         (bb)  By February 1, 2007, the corporation shall submit
19  a report to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
20  House of Representatives, the minority party leaders of the
21  Senate and the House of Representatives, and the chairs of the
22  standing committees of the Senate and the House of
23  Representatives having jurisdiction over matters relating to
24  property and casualty insurance. In preparing the report, the
25  corporation shall consult with the Office of Insurance
26  Regulation, the Department of Financial Services, and any
27  other party the corporation determines appropriate. The report
28  must include all findings and recommendations on the
29  feasibility of requiring authorized insurers that issue and
30  service personal and commercial residential policies and
31  commercial nonresidential policies that provide coverage for
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    6:21 PM   04/06/06                             s1980c-bi20-e0d

Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. PCS for SB 1980 (070118) Barcode 613708 1 basic property perils except for the peril of wind to issue 2 and service for a fee personal and commercial residential 3 policies and commercial nonresidential policies providing 4 coverage for the peril of wind issued by the corporation. The 5 report must include: 6 1. The expense savings to the corporation of issuing 7 and servicing such policies as determined by a cost-benefit 8 analysis. 9 2. The expenses and liability to authorized insurers 10 associated with issuing and servicing such policies. 11 3. The effect on service to policyholders of the 12 corporation relating to issuing and servicing such policies. 13 4. The effect on the producing agent of the 14 corporation of issuing and servicing such policies. 15 5. Recommendations as to the amount of the fee which 16 should be paid to authorized insurers for issuing and 17 servicing such policies. 18 6. The effect that issuing and servicing such policies 19 will have on the corporation's number of policies, total 20 insured value, and probable maximum loss. 21 22 23 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 On page 4, line 29, after the first semicolon, 26 27 insert: 28 requiring a study of the viability of 29 authorized insurers' issuing and servicing, for 30 a fee, certain high-risk insurance policies; 31 requiring a report to legislative leaders; 2 6:21 PM 04/06/06 s1980c-bi20-e0d