A federal appeals court sides with Broward County Sheriff’s Office in an insurance dispute from the 2018 Parkland school shooting, huge allegations leveled against almost all parties involved in …
Two weeks from today, Florida lawmakers return for two back-to-back weeks of committee meetings, part of the 2026 legislative session that begins on January 13. We know there will be another attempt to roll back the 2022 & 2023 insurance …
Citizens Property Insurance gets a meaningful win against a late hurricane claim, and Frontline Insurance finds a similar success against a late windstorm damage claim involving an Assignment of Benefits agreement. It’s all in this …
The Restoration Association of Florida is appealing the dismissal of one of its three lawsuits in state court over the Florida Legislature’s 2022 property insurance reform law. Meanwhile, a Florida appeals court decision raises new questions about …
There’s general agreement that excessive litigation and contractor fraud have been driving factors in Florida’s property insurance market peril. State insurance regulators, the Florida Supreme Court, and the Insurance Information Institute have attempted to get …
The list of property insurance companies trying to reduce their exposure in writing Florida homeowners policies continues to grow. Other carriers are looking for ways to reduce their litigation claim costs as regulators try to better quantify …
One insurance company is fighting back against questionable vendor practices by asking regulators to weigh-in on whether a Florida law prohibiting public adjusters from conflicts of interest with contractors applies to the company’s current …
For millennia the legal system has been pretty much the same. Someone has a complaint, they hire a lawyer, and you get sued. You hire another lawyer, the lawyers exchange endless paperwork, and occasionally they …
For years, in an effort to limit exposure in water damage claims, insurance carriers have been introducing limited water damage endorsements into their policies. Most endorsements limit coverage to $10,000 for damage caused by water. …
One provision of the 2019 Assignment of Benefits (AOB) statutory change in Florida was the requirement that a claimant seeking compensation from an insurer as the recipient of an AOB from the insured “[m]ust, as …
