Pointing to “human error,” the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Thursday increased its latest property-loss estimate from Hurricane Irma by more than $1.2 billion. THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via the...
Delivery Trouble: Insurance check for Irma damage goes missing at Opa-locka USPS center
April 13, 2018
Her insurance company told her the check was in the mail, but the post office says they don’t have it. And now one South Florida homeowner says the mix-up is keeping her from repairing her home damaged by Irma. So who’s...
Statewide, according to Florida’s Department of Financial Services, in 2012, auto glass companies filed 1,389 lawsuits against insurers. Just four years later, the number of lawsuits soared to 19,695....
The image of a future city undone by rising tides leading to “a kind of dystopian inundation scenario,” was invoked by Harvard University professor Charles Waldheim in a presentation to the Miami Beach city...
Florida personal injury protection insurance scrutinized
April 13, 2018
In Florida, the limits for PIP are $10,000, which can become a challenge when considering that when the insurer is required to pay, there are often baseless litigations associated with the no-fault cases...
New $5M campaign warns Floridians about driving while high
April 13, 2018
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles just launched the “Drive Baked, Get Busted” campaign, a brand new $5 million initiative intended to discourage people from getting behind the wheel after they...
Florida Workers’ Comp Issues Could Return
April 13, 2018
Expect efforts to revamp workers’ compensation insurance laws to return as new House and Senate leaders take over for the 2019 legislative session, according to Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier....
Report dives into the weeds on Florida workers’ compensation medical cost containment
April 13, 2018
Want to find out how Florida’s workers’ compensation system regulates pharmacy fees, as compared to other states? FloridaPolitics.com’s Michael Moline reports....
Florida’s Three Member Panel has three members at last
April 13, 2018
Jason Robbins, a workers’ comp attorney from Melbourne, won the appointment from Governor Rick Scott in June, but hearings in Tallahassee on reimbursement rates for medical providers under the system gave him his first...
But a shallow bench and weak fundraising remain a challenge for the minority party, the Tampa Bay Times’ Adam Smith reports for “The Buzz” blog....