House Bill 837 Includes Reforms for all Lines of Insurance TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Today, comprehensive legislation was filed in the Florida House to address abusive litigation in Florida. House Bill 837, sponsored by House Judiciary Chair Tommy Gregory, R-Lakewood Ranch, comes a day after Governor DeSantis, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, and House…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2022) – The Florida Senate Appropriations Committee this afternoon passed Senate Bill 1728, sponsored by Sen. Jim Boyd (R-Bradenton), which aims to help Florida’s troubled property insurance market. Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) members support efforts that continue to reign in property claims costs from abusive litigation, largely driven by a cottage…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 6, 2019) — The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF), a member of the Consumer Protection Coalition, is taking to Tallahassee airwaves to help explain the issue of assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse. The group is running radio ads on Tallahassee’s WFLA station to explain the need for reform. The 60-second ad…
AOB Abuse Rewards Few at Expense of Many TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Feb. 4, 2019) — Today, the Florida Senate Banking and Insurance Committee held a workshop on the assignment of benefits (AOB) issue, with a focus on the need for attorney fee reform. Former Supreme Court Justice Ken Bell, representing the Personal Insurance Federation of Florida…
Approval of rate increases for Citizens insurance customers underscores need for Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform TALLAHASSEE (Dec. 7, 2017) – This week’s approval of rate increases for policyholders in Citizens Property Insurance Corp. shows that Assignment of Benefits abuse is having a direct pocketbook impact on Florida families and is another clear indication that…
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’…