March 10, 2015
Florida’s insurance regulators are two years ahead of schedule in ending an assessment used to retire a bond issued by the state-backed property insurer Citizens following the eight-storm 2004-2005 hurricane season. The move codifies a decision made by Citizens Property …
February 26, 2015
A Florida court has ruled that one of the state’s largest automobile insurers must pay over $100,000 in attorney fees under the “additional payments” provision of its liability coverage. The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal handed down its ruling …
February 23, 2015
Florida’s insurance commissioner appears to have survived in his appointed post for now as a move by the state’s newly re-elected governor to oust him has failed to win support of the other state officials needed to make the change. …
February 5, 2015
Florida’s insurance commissioner appears to have survived in his appointed post for now as a move by the state’s newly re-elected governor to oust him has failed to win support of the other state officials needed to make the change. …
January 27, 2015
Florida Governor Rick Scott is looking for a replacement for the state’s top insurance regulator and has already contacted a potential candidate from Louisiana. Scott’s office has confirmed that the governor contacted Ron Henderson, Louisiana deputy insurance commissioner for consumer …
January 26, 2015
Florida’s insurance regulators have determined that a ridesharing company’s automobile commercial liability policy meets state regulations, but legislative action is likely necessary to clarify whether that entitles the company to legally operate in the state. Ridesharing firm Uber has been …
January 26, 2015
Florida’s attempt to lower the cost of personal injury protection (PIP) automobile coverage is progressing as insurers’ rates have declined due in part to lower losses and fewer fraudulent claims. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation released an annual report …
January 26, 2015
Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the state’s workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The Florida Supreme Court recently handed down a ruling in a case (Morales …
January 20, 2015
Florida’s insurance regulator’s tenure could be coming to an end after more than a decade as the newly re-elected governor looks to shake up his administration by replacing the heads of state agencies. Rumors have been circulating that Insurance Commissioner …
January 16, 2015
Florida’s insurers are breathing easier after the state’s high court ruled that the workers’ compensation law bars injured workers from seeking additional benefits in civil court. The Florida Supreme Court recently handed down a ruling in a case (Morales v. …