RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69O-142.015: Standardized Requirements Applicable to Insurers After Hurricanes or Natural Disasters
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Section 24 of Senate Bill 1980 created Section 627.7019, F.S. It requires the Financial Services Commission to adopt by rule standardized requirements that may be applied to insurers as a consequence of a hurricane or other natural disaster. The purpose of the rule development workshop is to develop rules with respect to claims reporting requirements, grace periods for payment of premiums, and performance of other duties by insureds and temporary postponement of cancellations or nonrenewals. Interested persons should consult the Office of Insurance Regulation website at http://www.floir.com/HotTopics.htm for copies of past 2004 and 2005 emergency rules and orders and memorandums that have addressed the above referenced matters. These will be used as a basis for developing the rules.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Standardized requirements applicable to insurers after hurricanes or other natural disasters.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 627.7019 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 627.7019 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE TIME, DATE AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
TIME AND DATE: June 14, 2006, 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Room 116, Larson Building, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Tom Streukens, Deputy Commissioner, Property and Casualty, Office of Insurance Regulation, E-mail: thomas.streukens@fldfs.com.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this program, please advise the Office at least 5 calendar days before the program by contacting the person listed above.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.