Category: Florida Property & Casualty Association

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: A teleconference meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow, October 5, 2011, at 3:30 p.m. to discuss the recent Florida Department of Financial Services memorandum to neutral evaluators regarding the administration of …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: On September 30, 2011, the Florida Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”) launched an educational campaign to increase awareness about personal injury protection (“PIP”) fraud in the State and to garner support for legislative …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: On Wednesday, September 28, 2011, Maria Abate and Trevor Mask of Colodny Fass, along with other representatives in the insurance industry met with Florida Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) officials Dennis …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: On September 26, 2011 in its “The Buzz” blog section, the St. Petersburg Times published a draft spreadsheet of Florida Governor Rick Scott’s legislative priorities for the 2012 Regular Session.  A …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Members: The attached draft proposed bad faith legislation was developed by the Institute for Legal Reform in conjunction with the bill sponsors of last year’s filed version.  At the request of the bill sponsors, …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Homeowners Division Members: Many of you have seen the attached advisory letter from the Florida Department of Financial Services to neutral evaluators regarding administering certain statutory provisions that were clarified in SB 408.  As …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: The Hillsborough County Commission voted today, September 21, 2011, to pass an ordinance regulating medical clinics that primarily treat patients claiming injury due to an auto accident.  A copy of the ordinance …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: Testimony from clients of 411-PAIN is scheduled as part of a September 22, 2011 meeting of The Florida Bar’s Special Committee on Lawyer Referral Services (“Committee”) in Orlando, as discussed at …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: In preparation for a redesign of its Financial Responsibility Processing System that is anticipated to reduce the number of requests received for proof of Bodily Injury Liability (“BIL”) and commercial motor …

  Florida Property and Casualty Association Automobile Division Members: A bill designed to curtail Florida Personal Injury Protection insurance fraud was filed on September 2, 2011 by State Representative Jim Boyd.  To view the complete bill text, click here. Named …