Major Florida Insurance Bill Dies; Roof Provisions Left out of Second Bill March 10, 2022 With just two days left in the 2022 Florida legislative session, a comprehensive property insurance reform bill appears to be...
Florida Woman Charged with Comp Fraud After Faking Kidnapping March 9, 2022 A Florida woman who said she was kidnapped, raped and thrown out of a vehicle last year has now been...
Georgia Bill Would Require Full Replacement for Some Types of Roofs March 9, 2022 Georgia homeowners and roofers are urging lawmakers to take up a bill that would require insurers to provide full replacement...
Florida Class Action Wants Answer: Must Insurer Pay Attorney Fees for Pre-Suit Notices? March 9, 2022 By William Rabb Florida’s Senate Bill 76, signed into law last June, was supposed to help reduce insurance claims litigation by making policyholders...
Judge Gives Nod to Surfside Unit Owners’ $83M Settlement March 8, 2022 A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement agreement that would allocate $83 million to individual owners of condominium...
Avatar Becomes Second Florida Insurer to Face Insolvency This Year March 8, 2022 Two weeks after St. Johns Insurance Co. was declared insolvent, Florida regulators have taken steps to begin liquidating Tampa-based Avatar...
4th Circuit Affirms Decision Rejecting Art Studio’s COVID-19 Claim March 8, 2022 By Jim Sams Another federal appellate court ruled Monday that a business interruption caused by COVID-19 does not amount to a physical damage...
Miss. Supreme Court: No Sanctions for Insurer that Fought Septic Tank Order March 8, 2022 In a workers’ compensation case that has been called “highly unusual,” Employers Insurance Co. of Wausau has avoided having to...
Florida Panhandle Wildfire Forces Evac of Areas Still Recovering from Hurricane Michael March 7, 2022 Hundreds of residents near Panama City, Florida, were forced to evacuate from a wildfire that destroyed at least two homes...
MedMal Direct Names Hammett CEO March 7, 2022 MedMal Direct Insurance Co., a direct-to-physician medical professional liability insurer based in Jacksonville, Florida, has named Marc Hammett president and...