By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed a bill amending the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act to allow insurers and insurance agents to offer or give to insureds...
By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed CS/CS/CS/HB 301. The bill gives a residential property insurer the option of notifying the policyholder of the right to mediation...
By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that gives foreign or alien insurers an additional method to obtain a waiver of the three-year “seasoning” requirement...
By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed a bill that expands the circumstances under which an insurer may offer a multi-policy discount to an insured. The bill allows a...
By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed CS/CS/CS/HB 301. The bill provides that a civil remedy notice, a prerequisite to the filing of a statutory bad faith claim, may...
By Wes Strickland and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed CS/CS/CS/HB 301. The bill reduces the number of declinations that an agent must receive from admitted carriers before exporting a...
SEPTEMBER 2019 Florida Insurance Matters is a monthly update on Florida insurance-related legal developments by the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Practice, recently recognized as the Insurance Litigation Department of...
By the Colodny Fass Insurance Regulatory Team Today, Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier made a presentation to the Florida Senate’s Committee on Banking and Insurance on the state of the Florida property...
Joel Stephen Fass was larger than life. When he entered the room, the room took notice. A devoted husband, a beloved father and grandfather, a respected attorney, he impacted those around him with his kind heart, generous...
By Wes Strickland, Sandy Fay, and Michael Billmeier During the 2019 session, the Florida Legislature passed CS/CS/CS/HB 301. The bill increases the loss adjustment expense (LAE) reimbursement from the Florida Hurricane...