Plus other legislative bills that passed
With the Florida Legislative session over, all that’s left is the Governor signing, vetoing, or allowing to die without his signature the 207 bills passed. They include 750 line items of local legislators’ projects …
Cover it anyway?
As usual, every crisis has a connection to insurance. With hurricanes, the focus is primarily on property insurance, with business interruption coverage claims prevalent but not front page news. In our current situation, one can’t search “insurance …
Regulatory & economic perspective
There’s lots to catch-up on with the coronavirus and Florida from a regulatory and economic impact perspective. We have a complete roundup of the latest insurance and financial regulatory guidance as well as Florida’s take of …
I hope each of you are well and staying productive. One of my readers commented that his teenage daughters who never wanted to “hang out” with each other because of different interests have had a ball the past two weeks …
Recap of Week 9 & Preview of Week 10 of Session
The Florida House and Senate adjourned just before midnight Friday, agreeing to extend the 2020 legislative session to this Friday night. Only the budget itself and related implementing and …
The 2020 Legislative Session started with a group of bills aimed at curbing litigation abuse and stemming property insurance rate increases. Bills by Tampa Bay area legislators like SB 924 by Senator Jeff Brandes, (R-Pinellas County) to reform bad faith …
When you’re on the inside looking out, it’s sometimes good to remember that we live in paradise here in Florida, where natural beauty is all around us. If we’re wise enough to recognize and appreciate this beauty from time to …
Florida in the middle
The average FICO® Score in the U.S. has reached an all-time high, driven by millennials, who now outnumber baby boomers. The average credit score rose to 703 on a scale 300 (considered very poor) to …
All Clean Air Act standards met
Amid the noise and chaos of other headlines, was a very significant piece of news last week: Florida has met all national clean air standards for the first time in more than a decade …
by Andrew A. Labbe, Esq.
In Flood 911, Inc. a/a/o Constantinou v. Olympus Insurance Co., the Polk County Appellate Division recently affirmed summary judgment granted in favor of Olympus Insurance Company, holding that an assignment of benefits which was …