Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 122
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/04/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Taddeo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (306982) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete line 224
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 5. (1)Within 60 days after the effective date of
    7  this section, the Office of Insurance Regulation shall enter
    8  into a contract with an independent consultant to calculate the
    9  savings expected as a result of this act. The contract must
   10  require the use of generally accepted actuarial techniques and
   11  standards in determining the expected impact on losses and
   12  expenses. By September 15, 2019, the office shall submit to the
   13  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
   14  House of Representatives a report concerning the results of the
   15  independent consultant’s calculations.
   16         (2)By October 1, 2019, an insurer writing property
   17  insurance in this state shall make a rate filing with the Office
   18  of Insurance Regulation. A rate certification does not satisfy
   19  this requirement. If the insurer requests a rate in excess of a
   20  10 percent reduction as applied to the current rate in its
   21  overall base rate for property insurance, the insurer must
   22  include in its rate filing a detailed explanation of the reasons
   23  for its failure to achieve a 10 percent reduction.
   24         (3)By January 1, 2021, an insurer writing property
   25  insurance in this state shall make a rate filing with the Office
   26  of Insurance Regulation. A rate certification does not satisfy
   27  this requirement. If the insurer requests a rate in excess of a
   28  25 percent reduction as applied to the rate in effect as of July
   29  1, 2019, in its overall base rate for property insurance since
   30  July 1, 2019, the insurer must include in its rate filing a
   31  detailed explanation of the reasons for its failure to achieve a
   32  25 percent reduction.
   33         (4)If an insurer fails to provide the detailed explanation
   34  required by subsection (2) or subsection (3), the Office of
   35  Insurance Regulation must order the insurer to stop writing new
   36  property insurance policies in this state until the insurer
   37  provides the required explanation.
   38         (5)This section shall take effect upon this act becoming a
   39  law.
   40         Section 6. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   41  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
   42  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
   43  2019.
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete lines 255 - 256
   48  and insert:
   49         provider; providing applicability; requiring the
   50         Office of Insurance Regulation, within a certain
   51         timeframe, to enter into a contract with an
   52         independent consultant for certain purposes; providing
   53         requirements for the contract; requiring the office to
   54         submit, by a specified date, a certain report to the
   55         Governor and Legislature; requiring property insurers,
   56         by specified dates, to make full rate filings with the
   57         office; requiring such insurers to include a certain
   58         explanation under certain circumstances; requiring the
   59         office to order such an insurer to stop writing new
   60         policies if the insurer fails to provide such
   61         explanation; providing effective dates.