Florida’s no-fault automobile insurance requirements could see some changes By: Jackie Llanos and Christine Sexton – March 3, 2025 The coastline in Steinhatchee remains covered in debris on Oct. 3, 2024, following Hurricane Helene. (Photo by Jay Waagmeester/Florida Phoenix) Insurance could prove the issue that dominates Florida’s 2025 legislative session, given that lawmakers have filed dozens of bills aimed […]
Staff Writer – Delaware Business Daily February 27, 2025 Lawmakers in the 1970s designed no-fault insurance laws to lower car insurance premiums by reducing the number of expensive lawsuits to decide fault. But that hasn’t exactly worked, and consumers are paying for it. No-fault systems suffer from patchy insurance laws and low “tort” thresholds, which […]
Property insurance bill would repeal 2022 reforms that stabilized the market, insurers say February 15, 2025 Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun-Sentinel A political titan has filed a provocative bill he says will reduce insurance costs in Florida — and the insurance industry doesn’t like his proposals. One provision would roll back recent restrictions on fees […]
Florida property insurance bill would repeal 2022 reforms that stabilized the market, insurers say Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun Sentinel Mon, February 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM EST Florida property insurance bill would repeal 2022 reforms that stabilized the market, insurers say A political titan has filed a provocative bill he says will reduce insurance […]
Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun Sentinel on Feb 17, 2025 Published in Business News Workers struggle to cover a damaged after Hurricane Wilma in 2005 in Florida. Judy Slone Reich/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS A political titan has filed a provocative bill he says will reduce insurance costs in Florida — and the insurance industry doesn’t like his […]
Florida Foundation Authority/R/J Group, Inc.) A blue tarp covers a roof after a recent Florida hurricane. A state senator has filed a bill that aims to get policyholders paid by their insurers more quickly,, but insurance experts say it will do more harm than good. (Florida Foundation Authority/RJ Group, Inc.) By Ron Hurtibise | rhurtibise@sunsentinel.com […]
Ron Hurtibise, South Florida Sun-Sentinel January 25, 2025 “Citizens insurance for all’ among insurance proposals filed for spring legislative session Citizens windstorm insurance for all. Closing loopholes for a “bad-faith” insurance claim. Creation of an insurance advisory council. Requiring mediation before policyholders can sue their insurer. They are among proposed insurance law changes that will […]
The Florida Supreme Court building in Tallahassee. (Carline Jean / South Florida Sun Sentinel) By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board | Sun Sentinel UPDATED: January 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM EST A recent Gallup poll bears some profoundly bad news. Only 35% of Americans now profess any confidence in the nation’s courts. That’s a record low […]
Roofers See Growing Curbs on Contractor-Insurer Communication Fla. appelate court affirms underpinning of ‘arms-length’ to ensure accountability By Bryan Gottlieb A decision by Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeals affirmed reforms made five years earlier to reign in the use — and some say abuse — of Assignment of Benefit agreements allowing homeowners to have […]
January 7, 2025 by William Rabb Did Florida Appeals Court Put the Final Nail in the AOB Coffin? Maybe Almost five years after Florida lawmakers clamped restrictions on assignment-of-benefits agreements and two years after they effectively outlawed AOBs altogether, state appeals courts may have finally put an end to one creative way that had been […]