Reuters reported today that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) has issued a letter interpreting that the artificial intelligence system piloting a self-driving vehicle could be considered the “driver” under federal law–a major step toward ultimately winning regulatory …

  Property Insurance Reforms Could Keep Down Premium Costs Never underestimate the ability of the legal class to find new ways to extract money from the insurance industry – and indirectly from the consumer.  The most recent example is related …

  In a news release issued today, February 9, 2016, Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) announced the launch of a multi-faceted education campaign to improve customer claims handling, while taking steps to combat fraud and claims abuse. Dubbed “Call …

  Florida renters pay $279 more for car insurance, survey finds Florida drivers are being charged an average of 10 percent more, or $279 a year, for car insurance simply because they rent instead of own their home, according to …

  The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”) released its “2015 Review of Assignment of Benefits Data Call Report” today, February 8, 2016.  The report provides aggregated results from a data call in which the top 25 personal residential insurance …

  Florida Fights Back Against Assignment of Benefits Abuse Florida insurers, consumer and insurance advocates, as well as regulators, are hoping 2016 may finally be the year that legislators address the misuse of assignment of benefits for water loss claims …

  Florida’s Insurance Regulation Grade Sinks in R-Street Report Florida’s insurance regulatory climate report sunk from a D+ to a D in this year’s R-Street state-by-state report.   Insurance abuse reform bills show signs of stalling Proposed laws aimed at …

Florida Governor declares Zika emergency Governor Rick Scott declared a health emergency in four Florida counties Wednesday after at least nine cases of the mosquito-borne Zika illness were detected, the Associated Press’Tamara Lush and Gary Fineout report via the Tampa …

  Florida begins search for new Insurance Commissioner Insurance Journal reports the search is on for the next Florida Insurance Commissioner – the first one to be appointed to the office since current Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty took office in …

  Citizens Property Insurance policies approved for April takeouts Up to 66,500 policies may be moved from state-backed Citizens Property Insurance into the private market in April for what will be the fourth “takeout” of the year.  THE NEWS SERVICE …