In October, a heroic Florida State Trooper named Reginald Mathieu saved the life of a 1-year-old baby girl on the side of a bustling I-95 highway just outside of Miami.
Trooper Mathieu was writing a ticket at a crash site …
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Legal Briefs
Attorney fees, appraisals
Florida has improved its reputation for abusive lawsuits, some clarification on attorney fees in settlements and whether appraisals are limited to incomplete repair work, and if you’re a washed-up disbarred trial attorney (or other non-lawyer), you still …
Condo Insurance Questionable Post-Surfside
Meanwhile, condo sales rising
At the Florida Chamber of Commerce annual Insurance Summit earlier this month, a panel discussion on the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse made clear that it’s going to be awhile before we know both the cause …
Statewide Flooding Resilience Plan Premiers
Plus the latest on NFIP
The state of Florida is continuing to invest heavily – over $640 million in this fiscal year alone – in ramping up a new effort to help local communities mitigate the effects of sea level …
Bill Watch
End of committee weeks
The last of the Florida Legislature’s six committee weeks ended on December 3 with little action on insurance issues, as we now prepare for the regular 60-day session to start January 11. The big news was …
More Fraud Squads Please
While assessments, reinsurance rise
One of the keys to further reforming Florida’s homeowners property insurance marketplace is tackling the growing fraud by a small but determined number of contractors. There’s new insight on how further expanding the state’s fraud investigation …
Citizens: 20% of Presuit Demands Go to Court
But lawsuit volume up 45%
We recently received some insight on how Florida’s newest property insurance consumer protections are working in the marketplace. Part of the reforms that became law last spring from Senate Bill 76 (SB 76) require insurance …
What’s Important
“When I talk to managers I get the feeling that they are important.
When I talk to leaders, I get the feeling that I am important.”
Unknown
As we emerge from COVID and start our transition to “normal,” I was …
Underestimating Your Conversation
If you’ve any doubt that a good conversation goes a long way with family, friends, or colleagues, a collection of new studies out of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University suggests that people think about their conversation partners long …
Florida’s Medical Marijuana Boom
Number of dispensaries to grow
Another state program that is growing by leaps and bounds is Florida’s medical marijuana program, created by the 2016 constitutional amendment that legalized medical marijuana use. More than 620,000 Floridians today are qualified for prescriptions …
