Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2498, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Deutch moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of
18 section 215.5595, Florida Statutes, as amended by section 5 of
19 chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, are amended to read:
20 215.5595 Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive
21 Program.--
22 (2) The purpose of this section is to provide surplus
23 notes to new or existing authorized residential property
24 insurers under the Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive
25 Program administered by the State Board of Administration,
26 under the following conditions:
27 (b) The insurer must contribute an amount of new
28 capital to its surplus which is at least equal to the amount
29 of the surplus note and must apply to the board by July 1,
30 2006. If an insurer applies after July 1, 2006, but before
31 June 1, 2007, the amount of the surplus note is limited to
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2498, 1st Eng.
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1 one-half of the new capital that the insurer contributes to
2 its surplus, except that an insurer writing only manufactured
3 housing policies is eligible to receive a surplus note in the
4 amount of $7 million and a domestic mutual insurer is eligible
5 to receive a surplus note in the amount of $12.5 million. For
6 purposes of this section, new capital must be in the form of
7 cash or cash equivalents as specified in s. 625.012(1).
8 (c) The insurer's surplus, new capital, and the
9 surplus note must total at least $50 million, except for
10 insurers writing residential property insurance covering only
11 manufactured housing or for a domestic mutual insurer. The
12 insurer's surplus, new capital, and the surplus note must
13 total at least $14 million for insurers writing only
14 residential property insurance covering manufactured housing
15 policies as provided in paragraph (a). The surplus, new
16 capital, and surplus note for a domestic mutual insurer must
17 total at least $25 million.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
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27 amending s. 215.5595, F.S.; providing that
28 domestic and other insurers writing only
29 manufactured housing policies are eligible to
30 receive a surplus note in a specified amount;
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