Year: 2017

The Abusive Roofer: A Personal Story

So imagine this: It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re hanging out with your kids in the garage having some quality time, when out of nowhere, a man with a ladder on a truck appears.

He says he’s with the disaster recovery …

LMA NEWSLETTER APRIL 3, 2017

Vastly Different – Just Sayin’  As the legislative session enters “hump week,” i.e., the 5th week of a 9 week session, I keep hearing all of my colleagues who live in the capitol this time of year say, “I haven’t

AOB Reform Needed Now in Florida

There are now four bills before the Florida Legislature this session targeting to various degrees the abusive practices of third-party contractors and lawyers using Assignment of Benefits (AOB) to force insurance companies to pay greater claims than often justified, which …

LMA NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2017

Second Week of Session Brisk 
This past week’s legislative activity has been brisk for the 2nd full week of session. Bills were on committee agendas in the House and Senate on assignment of benefits (with the Wall Street Journal weighing

LMA NEWSLETTER MARCH 13, 2017

A Puzzling Start to the 2017 Session  
The Senate President Pro-Tem and Chair of the Banking and Insurance Committee filed a puzzling bill on Friday, March 3, the weekend leading into 2017 Florida legislative session with a proposed comprehensive reform

LMA NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Here It Comes – 2017 Session Convenes Next Week 
We have counted almost 75 Senate and House bills that will either directly change how insurance companies do business or indirectly affect the industry through judicial impact, business practice, or regulatory