Richard J. Fidei Law Blog

Pursuant to provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), which requires insurers and health plans to provide information about the appeals process to consumers, as well as make consumers aware of their state's health insurance consumer assistance or ombudsman programs in denial notices, Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner advised that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has designated the Washington State Office of... Read More

Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate attorneys Fred Karlinsky and Richard Fidei were featured contributors to the Florida section of the Federation of Regulatory Counsel's ("FORC") August 2011 "FORC Alert."  To view the publication, click here.  The articles by Mr. Karlinsky and Mr. Fidei are reprinted... Read More

The law and governmental consulting firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky and Abate announced on May 11, 2012 that it has named founding partner Mike Colodny as Managing Partner. 

Mr. Colodny, who founded the Firm in the mid-1970s with Joel Fass and Howard Talenfeld, successfully developed it into its current prominence in the areas of commercial litigation, insurance regulatory law and governmental consulting. ... Read More

The State of Washington Department of Insurance ("WDI") has proposed new regulations relating to property and casualty insurance rate cap rules, transition rating rules, rate stability formulas and other rating methods.

These proposed Rules may:

In Kauffman v. Community Inclusions, Inc./Guarantee Insurance Co., 57 So. 3d 919 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), the First District Court of Appeal confirmed that the workers' compensation statute, section 440.34, Fla. Stat., limits claimants' attorney's fees to a percentage of benefits obtained based on a statutory formula. 

Previously, in 2008, the Supreme Court of Florida issued an opinion in Murray v. Mariner Health, 994 So. 2d 1051 (Fla. 2008), which... Read More

An audio file and interested party comments from the June 20, 2011 Florida Office of Insurance Regulation ("OIR") public Rule hearing on Form OIR-B1-1802, also known as the "Uniform Mitigation Verification Inspection Form," are now available.  

The purpose of the hearing was to consider proposed updates to the Form that would reflect 2010 statutory changes and other related issues. 

To access the audio file... Read More

The following news release was issued on October 17, 2011 by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System regarding the resolution plan requirement of the Dodd-Frank Act.  The new release is reprinted below:

Federal Reserve Board approves final rule implementing the resolution plan requirement of the... Read More

The Insurance Information Institute ("III") has issued a presentation on potential implications for insurers under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 ("Dodd-Frank").

In the presentation, III President Dr. Robert Hartwig reviews the implementation status of Dodd-Frank one year after its enactment and the reasons for its slow implementation.

Specifically, Dr. Hartwig addresses the issue of systemic risk, noting... Read More

Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate Shareholder Maria Elena Abate and Senior Associate Amy Koltnow have been accepted into the Council on Litigation Management ("CLM"), a national organization committed to furthering high standards of litigation... Read More

The following is a summary of Senate Bill 408, which includes numerous provisions and changes related to residential property insurance in Florida.  The bill was passed during the 2011 Florida Regular Legislative Session.

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