Premiums for Florida Cat Fund to Jump 12% This Year, Report Shows April 26, 2022 By William Rabb Premiums paid to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund are expected to increase by more than 12% later this year, giving...
Fla. Supreme Court: Pre-Suit Notices Need Only Be Mailed, Not Received, Before Deadline April 22, 2022 By William Rabb It’s when the letter is mailed, not when it is received, that determines if a plaintiff in a medical malpractice...
Florida Agents Must Return $4M in Unearned Commissions From Insolvent Gulfstream April 21, 2022 By William Rabb Insurer insolvencies are hard enough on policyholders and company executives, but local agents across Florida also are feeling the pain...
Hospital Must Turn Over Info on Famous Cardiologist, Appeals Court Says April 20, 2022 By William Rabb Once a party relinquishes information considered privileged, it cannot then claim that other information about the same subject must remain...
Special Florida Insurance Session Welcomed, but Will It Come Soon Enough? April 19, 2022 By William Rabb Florida’s governor has yet to set a date for a special legislative session aimed at the property insurance crisis in...
Demotech Downgrades FedNat Rating, Just as Florida Guv Calls Special Session April 18, 2022 By William Rabb Florida-based FedNat Insurance Co., six months after it pulled out of other states to concentrate on Florida, woke up to...
After Suspending New HO Business, UPC Consolidates Subsidiaries April 15, 2022 By William Rabb Four months after its largest subsidiary stopped writing new homeowner business in Florida, United Insurance Holdings Corp. announced it would...
Florida Man Charged With Unlicensed Adjusting, Promising Free Roofs April 13, 2022 By William Rabb In another case involving the notorious Strems Law Firm, a Florida man has been charged with operating as an unlicensed...
Court Won’t Intervene on Request to Show Morgan & Morgan’s Relationship with Doctors April 12, 2022 By William Rabb Six months after the Florida Supreme Court held that insurance companies’ financial connections to expert witnesses can be revealed in...
Appeals Decisions Give New Ground for Bad-Faith Claims But Support PIP Rules April 11, 2022 By William Rabb Appeal courts handed a down potentially costly ruling for auto insurers in Florida, along with some further clarity on the...