March 27, 2017 Michael Moline, Florida Politics A House committee voted overwhelmingly Monday to do away with personal injury protection, or PIP, insurance in Florida. The vote in the Insurance & Banking Subcommittee was 12-2, with Jay Fant and Blaise Ingoglia the holdouts. PCS/HB 1063 passed despite concerns by insurers that they need stronger protections against bad-faith lawsuits by people…
Published by the Orlando Sentinel March 27, 2017 An effort to ditch Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system is again on the move in the Legislature as reforms championed in 2012 by Gov. Rick Scott and state Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater haven’t held. The legislation is projected to save motorists an average of about $80 a year per…
Contact: Michael Carlson President, Personal Insurance Federation of Florida PH: (850) 597-7425 michael.carlson@piff.net FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 27, 2017) – The House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee today took an initial step toward repealing Florida’s fraud-riddled No-Fault/PIP auto insurance system with the passage of CS/HB 1063. Under the bill, the existing No-Fault/PIP…