Reforms are working in lowering rates
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky has been on the road, engaging with stakeholders in our state marketplace. The most recent examples: traveling with the governor to meet with reinsurers in Bermuda at the PwC …
Citizens Property Insurance heading for pre-2003 policy count
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky went before both insurance committees of the state legislature this week to report the positive outcomes to date of the legislature’s 2022 and 2023 reforms. It happened …
A sea of good news prevails for insurance consumers
Governor DeSantis makes a splash in Bermuda with the reinsurance community, the “tort reform dividend” to Floridians is promoted nationally, another auto insurance company drops rates again, plus Citizens Property …
Legislative reforms credited, further rate cuts continuing
The Governor and insurance commissioner announce nearly $1 billion in auto insurance premium credits and rebates to Florida consumers “that would have been going to attorneys’ wallets” as even more auto rate cuts …
By David and Kim Salmon, Esqs.
Long time, seasoned defense lawyer Kimberly Salmon prevailed on three consecutive motions for summary judgment on cast iron pipe cases. In Pantina v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company before Judge Amy Williams in Pinellas County, …
By Katelyn Ferry, Esq.
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal issued an important opinion regarding Actual Cash Value/Replacement Cost Value (ACV/RCV) in property insurance policies.
In Bailetti v. Universal, the appellate court confirmed the final judgment in favor of …
New bills filed
Governor DeSantis is predicting there won’t be another attempt in the Florida Legislature in its upcoming January session to undo the 2022 and 2023 consumer insurance and litigation reforms nor make any other major changes. “They didn’t …
Plus, a new study on small hail damage
A new report shows Florida’s insurance consumer and litigation reforms positively affected the price of reinsurance this hurricane season, Citizens Insurance accuses certain plaintiff lawyers of using “misinformation” in their quest to …
This week marks the official start of committee meetings as we gear up for the 2026 Legislative Session, which will run from January through March. For nearly two decades, our firm has been dedicated to advancing sound public policy and …
New challenges to its alternative dispute resolution program
When the Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors meets this Wednesday (September 24, 2025), it will receive some welcome news: litigation has dropped by more than one-third so far this year over …