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Superseded — its companion passed HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 99

Reinsurance Intermediary Managers
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Gentry
FILED BY
Richard Gentry — District 27, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
COMPANION
SB 394 — HB 99 was set aside and its companion carried the policy

Filed under Insurance.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Reinsurance Intermediary Managers; Revises definition of term "reinsurance intermediary manager" to exclude certain underwriting managers.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Exempts small facultative-risk underwriting managers from 'reinsurance intermediary manager' status.

Florida law lists several kinds of underwriting managers who are not treated as a "reinsurance intermediary manager" even though they manage part of a reinsurer's business. This bill adds one more to that list.

An underwriting manager that handles a reinsurer's facultative reinsurance business now falls outside that definition too, as long as that business stays under 10 percent of the reinsurer's total yearly premium.

The 10 percent line is measured against the reinsurer's own total premium, not the manager's book of business, so the same manager could count differently depending on which reinsurer it works for.

A separate wording change to the definition of "controlling person" in the same section is described by the bill itself as a technical rewording, not a substantive change.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Excludes small facultative-risk managers from the definition moderates. 626.7492

AIAn underwriting manager that manages a reinsurer's assumed facultative reinsurance business is no longer treated as a "reinsurance intermediary manager" under this section, as long as that business stays under 10 percent of the reinsurer's total annual written premium.

“the facultative reinsurance business managed by the underwriting manager is less than 10 percent of the assumed annual gross written premium” bill text, line 46 →
TIMELINE
3/11/2026
Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see SB 394 (Ch. 2026-146 )
2/11/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/11/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
2/11/2026
Reported out of Commerce Committee
2/10/2026
Favorable by Commerce Committee
2/6/2026
Added to Commerce Committee agenda
2/3/2026
Now in Commerce Committee
2/3/2026
Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2/3/2026
Favorable by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
1/30/2026
Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
10/14/2025
Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
10/14/2025
Referred to Commerce Committee
10/14/2025
Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
10/7/2025
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 626.7492
+45 / −9
s. 626.7492
+0 / −0
s. 626.022
+0 / −0
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