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 […]
By William Rabb | January 7, 2025 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 used in attempts to get around the law. Florida insurance industry advocates […]