Surplus Lines Commercial Growth; Fla. Litigation Costs Reach New High in 2023 July 17, 2024 By William Rabb Two recent reports reflect trends in Florida’s property insurance market, including the continued growth of surplus lines’ business and an...
SC Supreme Court Urges Legislative Fix to Pre-existing Health Issue in Workers’ Comp July 15, 2024 By William Rabb South Carolina lawmakers next year may be asked to revamp a workers’ compensation employment test that judges have relied on...
Project 2025 Plan to End NFIP Welcomed by Some, Rejected by Others in Insurance July 15, 2024 By William Rabb A plan by a politically conservative group to dismantle the National Flood Insurance Program, if Donald Trump is elected president,...
Can Insurers Sue School Boards for PIP Claim Reimbursement? Florida Courts Differ July 9, 2024 By William Rabb In 1997, Florida lawmakers tweaked the state’s personal injury protection or “no-fault” auto insurance law. The idea was to allow...
Florida Governor Names Insurance Defense Lawyer to Appeals Court July 8, 2024 By William Rabb The Florida property-casualty insurance industry, having seen wins and losses at the appellate court level in recent years, will soon...
Changes at American Coastal Insurance After Florida OIR Action on ‘No-Fly List’ July 1, 2024 By William Rabb Florida regulators’ effort to enforce a 2002 state law and keep insolvent insurers’ officers out of carrier leadership roles appears...
Insurer Can’t Rescind Workers’ Comp Policy, Even With Misrep, MS High Court Says July 1, 2024 By William Rabb An insurer cannot rescind a workers’ compensation policy, even in the case of a material misrepresentation that could led to...
Let Good Adjusters, Not Expensive Lawyers, Make the Difference on Claims, CEO Says June 24, 2024 By William Rabb Harish Kapur, CEO of Across America Insurance Services, likes to tell the story of how his company’s chief defense lawyer...
Coverage Needed: Hundreds of Thousands in SE Now in Flood Zones With New Maps June 24, 2024 By William Rabb Many more properties, including hundreds of thousands of homes across Florida and other parts of the Southeast, will be required...
Exclusion Does Not Exclude Coverage for Condo in Nashville Christmas Bombing June 21, 2024 By William Rabb The insurance fallout from the Christmas Day 2020 bombing in downtown Nashville continues, with a federal court deciding this week...