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Florida’s workers’ compensation insurance rates are heading for a seventh consecutive year of decrease, despite the lingering COVID pandemic. Meanwhile, insurance companies and hospitals are still in disagreement on the per-diem hospital inpatient reimbursement amount, …
Another requirement of Florida’s recent consumer insurance reforms is that third party vendors go through alternative dispute resolution, such as appraisal, before filing a lawsuit against an insurance company, if the policy requires it. …
State regulators have approved an extension of a special assessment on Florida property insurance policyholders, while they consider loosening rules on Citizens Insurance coverage. Meanwhile, the insurance commissioner says litigation against companies is …
This has certainly been an unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season so far, with no named storms in August for only the third time since 1950. We finally had the short-lived Hurricane Danielle in the …
It seems like yesterday that I was reading about 100 degree temperatures in Orlando and Miami (and it reached that as well a few days in Tallahassee). But thank goodness my favorite season is nearly here and fall is already …
A firefighter in Hillsborough County is recuperating from severe injuries he sustained in an attack by a 12-foot alligator that was captured by aerial drone footage. Firefighter JC La Verde suffered bite injuries to his skull, face and chest …
Florida is attracting wealthy Americans at four times the rate of any other state, our visitor count has now returned to pre-pandemic levels, and state revenue projections have been revised upward by …
We can thank weather patterns and the current moon cycle for a moderation of coastal flooding events predicted for this year, but the question of whether our disaster relief system can keep up …
State fraud investigators working with local law enforcement have made more arrests in their ongoing crackdown on unlicensed contractors; a Miami woman has been convicted in a $34 million healthcare fraud against insurance companies; and …
A group of roofing and other contractors is continuing their fight against property insurance consumer reforms needed to help stabilize the Florida market. There are new developments to report in the Restoration Association of Florida …
