Originally published by Consumer Protection Coalition | View Release TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Nov. 14, 2017) – The Consumer Protection Coalition praised the House Judiciary Committee today for passing a bill that would protect consumers from Assignment of Benefits (AOB) abuse related to homeowners’ insurance. The bill, PCB JDC 18-01, contains commonsense consumer protections that would curb…
Michael Moline Florida Politics November 14, 2017 House assignment of benefits (AOB) legislation cleared its sole committee Tuesday and appears headed to the floor, despite reservations about its limits on attorney fees and lack of language directly sanctioning insurance fraud. Judiciary Committee members also expressed skepticism about insurers pressing policyholders to accept their preferred…
Ron Hurtibise, Contact Reporter November 14, 2017 Attorneys fees would be more difficult for “bad actor” water restoration companies and their attorneys to collect from insurance companies under a bill advanced Tuesday by the state House Judiciary Committee. The committee voted 13-5 to advance the bill to the full House despite concerns by some…
November 3, 2017 By Matt Dixon, Politico TALLAHASSEE — A panel of lawmakers on Friday stressed the need to pass insurance reforms in next year’s legislative session but also lamented that political gridlock is likely to make that very difficult. The three main issues discussed by the members, who were gathered at the…
November 7, 2017 Insurance Journal The Florida Chamber of Commerce brought together regulators, lawmakers, insurance industry executives and other stakeholders last week for the chamber’s annual insurance summit. Through several panel discussions on pressing and emerging issues facing the state’s insurance market, the summit touched on everything from recent cases expected to raise workers’…
Contact: Michael Carlson President, Personal Insurance Federation of Florida PH: (850) 597-7425 michael.carlson@piff.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PIFF URGES HOUSE TO ADOPT SENSIBLE REFORMS TO FLORIDA “BAD FAITH” LAW TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Nov. 7, 2017) – The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) today urged members of the House Commerce Committee to pass…