Failure to Enact Meaningful AOB Reforms Hurts Florida’s Consumers, Coalition Says

Florida’s property insurance policyholders face paying higher rates due to the Legislature’s failure this legislative session to pass meaningful reforms to rein in fraud and abuse involving Assignment of Benefits (AOB). For the fourth straight year, legislators heard testimony about a rapidly growing scam in which shady home repair vendors pressure homeowners to sign away…

Uber Goes After Gardiner on Ride-Sharing Issue

By JIM TURNER AND DARA KAM THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, March 1, 2016………. The Senate has scuttled efforts to reach a compromise on a heavily lobbied proposal involving app-based transportation services, an official from the ride-sharing service Uber said Tuesday. But Senate leaders said they’re still working to advance legislation, as…