Florida Senate Bill 1592 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Revises provisions relating to civil actions against insurers. Revises the grounds for bringing an action based on the insurer's failure to accept an offer to settle within policy limits. Provides that the insurer has an affirmative defense if a third-party claimant or the insured fails to cooperate with the insurer. Provides that certain refusals to act by the insurer are not presumptive evidence of bad faith. Provides for the relationship of the act to the common law and prior judicial decisions, etc.

Civil Remedies Against Insurers

Senate Judiciary Committee

Sen. John Thrasher [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-05-07		Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2011-04-07		Also referred to Rules -SJ 461
2011-03-28		Now in Budget
2011-03-24		Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2011-03-22		CS by Judiciary; YEAS 4 NAYS 3 -SJ 286
2011-03-17		On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/22/11, 8:00 am, 110 Senate Office Building
2011-03-08		Introduced -SJ 106
2011-03-07		Referred to Banking and Insurance; Budget -SJ 106
2011-03-03		Filed

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
624	155		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	311		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1592
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1592/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2011/1592/BillText/c1/HTML