Jan. 5, 2018 News-Press Darla Letourneau, Special to The News-Press BikeWalkLee, a coalition raising public awareness and advocating for complete streets in Lee County, has long urged the Florida legislature to improve the safety of all road users in Florida. In particular, our top legislative priority for the past five years has been passing a…
January 7, 2018 Sun Sentinel By Ron Hurtibise, Contact Reporter Will 2018 finally be the year that property insurers and trial attorneys agree on legislation aimed at curbing costly claims abuses and excessive lawsuits? Insurers don’t sound too confident as they prepare for Tuesday’s start of the legislative session in Tallahassee. Several industry representatives say…
January 8, 2017 Palmbeachpost.com Charles Elmore Florida legislators have a chance to save drivers close to $1 billion a year by ending the state’s no-fault car insurance system after nearly five decades, but not if they adopt a Senate version expected to be considered a day after the session opens Tuesday, an industry group said.…
Contact: Michael Carlson PH: (850) 597-7425 michael.carlson@piff.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SENATE PIP REPEAL BILL IS THE WRONG DIRECTION FOR FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Jan. 8, 2018) – The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee will soon consider SB 150, which repeals Florida’s decades-old Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law and the Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) insurance mandate. The bill,…