January 17, 2018 Insurance Journal Amy O’Connor The 2018 Florida Legislative Session is underway, and lawmakers have wasted no time taking up legislation to address the assignment of benefits crisis plaguing the state. While they debate which reform option to back, stakeholders say the Florida Legislature must do something this year to keep an already…
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…
Personal Insurance Federation of Florida 2018 Legislative Priorities The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) is a leading property & casualty insurance trade association that advocates for a healthy and competitive marketplace for the benefit of insurance consumers in Florida. PIFF member companies write 45 percent of automobile insurance policies in Florida and approximately 20…
Florida Record by Dee Thompson | Dec. 13, 2017, 7:42pm TALLAHASSEE — Car insurance reform bills are again moving through the Florida Legislature. Sen. Tom Lee (R-Thonotassa) is sponsoring SB 150, which would repeal the no-fault rule requiring motorists to carry $10,000 worth of personal injury (PIP) coverage. Lee’s bill would require only medical payment…
By JIM TURNER, NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA December 5, 2017 – 8:00pm A key Senate committee next month will take up a proposal that would replace the state’s no-fault auto insurance system, while a similar bill has already sped to the House floor. Senate Banking and Insurance Chairwoman Anitere Flores said the proposal (SB 150)…
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…