Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-D Ì630500\Î630500 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: UNFAV . 05/23/2022 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Gibson) recommended the following: 1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (651870) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Between lines 1512 and 1513 5 insert: 6 Section 22. Subsection (4) is added to section 626.9201, 7 Florida Statutes, to read: 8 626.9201 Notice of cancellation or nonrenewal.— 9 (4)(a) An insurer may not issue a notice of nonrenewal 10 pursuant to this section for residential property insurance 11 coverage as defined by s. 627.4025 for a period of 9 months 12 when, after a loss event: 13 1. A claimant has provided one of the following to the 14 claimant’s insurer: 15 a. A post-loss communication; 16 b. A notification of claim; or 17 c. A proof of loss statement; or 18 2. A claims investigation has not been concluded. 19 (b) Insurers may not issue a notice of nonrenewal once the 20 claimant files a legal complaint and until the final conclusion 21 of the litigation. 22 (c) After the litigation has concluded, the insurer must 23 administratively close the insured’s claim within 60 days. 24 Section 23. Subsection (9) is added to section 627.4133, 25 Florida Statutes, to read: 26 627.4133 Notice of cancellation, nonrenewal, or renewal 27 premium.— 28 (9)(a) An insurer may not issue a notice of nonrenewal 29 pursuant to this section for residential property insurance 30 coverage as defined by s. 627.4025 for a period of 9 months 31 when, after a loss event: 32 1. A claimant has filed: 33 a. A post-loss communication; 34 b. A notification of claim; or 35 c. A proof of loss statement; or 36 2. A claims investigation has not been concluded. 37 (b) Insurers may not issue a notice of nonrenewal once the 38 claimant files a legal complaint and until the final conclusion 39 of the litigation. 40 (c) After the litigation has concluded, the insurer must 41 administratively close the insured’s claim within 60 days. 42 43 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 44 And the title is amended as follows: 45 Delete line 158 46 and insert: 47 insurer insolvency proceedings; amending s. 626.9201, 48 F.S.; prohibiting insurers from issuing certain 49 notices for a specified timeframe in certain 50 circumstances; requiring insurers to administratively 51 close claims within a specified timeframe; amending s. 52 627.4133, F.S.; prohibiting insurers from issuing 53 certain notices for a specified timeframe in certain 54 circumstances; requiring insurers to administratively 55 close claims within a specified timeframe; providing 56 for