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Florida Senate
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2026
SB 84
By
Senator Berman
26-00112-26 202684__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Insurance Solutions Advisory
3 Council; creating the advisory council within the
4 Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial
5 Services Commission for specified purposes; providing
6 for membership and meetings of the advisory council;
7 requiring the office to provide the advisory council
8 with staffing and administrative assistance; requiring
9 the advisory council to submit a specified report
10 annually; providing for expiration of the advisory
11 council; providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1.
Insurance Solutions Advisory Council.—
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(1)
The Insurance Solutions Advisory Council, an advisory
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council as defined in s. 20.03(7), Florida Statutes, is created
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within the Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial
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Services Commission to
compile and analyze
available data and
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evaluate relevant and applicable information relating to this
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state’s property and
motor vehicle
insurance markets. The
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advisory council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the
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office and the Legislature.
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(2)
The advisory council shall be composed of the following
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members:
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(a) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives, as follows:
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1. One member representing a property and casualty
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residential insurer that has issued at least 150,000 homeowners’
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insurance policies in this state at the time of the creation of
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the advisory council.
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2. One member representing a surplus lines insurance
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company.
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3.
One member who is a trial attorney.
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(b) Three members appointed by the President of the Senate,
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as follows:
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1. One member representing a property and casualty
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commercial nonresidential insurer.
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2. One member representing a property and casualty
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residential insurer that has issued fewer than 150,000
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homeowners’ insurance policies in this state at the time of the
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creation of the advisory council.
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3.
One member who is a public adjuster.
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(c) Three members appointed by the Governor who are not
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employed by or professionally affiliated with an insurance
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company or a subsidiary of an insurance company, at least one of
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whom must be a consumer advocate or a member of a consumer
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advocacy organization or agency and one of whom must be
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recommended by the Florida Insurance Council. The Governor shall
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appoint one such member as the advisory council’s chair.
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(d) Two members appointed by the Chief Financial Officer,
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representing insurance agents in this state.
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(e) One member representing Citizens Property Insurance
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Corporation, selected by the chair of the board of directors of
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the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation.
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(f) The commissioner of the Office of Insurance Regulation
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of the Financial Services Commission or his or her designee.
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(3)
Advisory council members must be appointed no later
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than August 1, 202
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. Members serve at the pleasure of the
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officer who appointed them, and a vacancy on the advisory
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council must be filled in the same manner as the original
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appointment. Advisory council members shall serve without
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compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
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travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
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(4)
The advisory council shall meet at the call of the
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chair at a time and location in this state designated by the
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chair.
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(5)
The Office of Insurance Regulation of the Financial
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Services Commission shall provide staffing and administrative
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assistance to the advisory council in performing its duties.
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(6)
Beginning October 1, 202
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, the advisory council shall
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submit an annual report to the Governor
, the President of the
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Senate,
and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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regarding its analysis as specified in subsection (1) and any
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recommendations related to property and
motor vehicle
insurance
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in this state.
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(
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In accordance with s. 20.052(8), Florida Statutes, this
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section is repealed October 2, 202
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,
unless reviewed and saved
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from repeal through reenactment by the Legislature.
80 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.