Category: Auto Insurance

  Held this week in a town-hall-style meeting at the University of Miami, the third edition of the statewide “Auto Insurance Fraud Summit” convened approximately 350 people, who consisted of Florida Legislators, insurance regulators, law enforcement personnel, attorneys and insurance …

  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 reform in this area. The Chamber plans to publish …

  The following news release about A.M. Best upgrading the ratings of United Automobile Insurance Company was posted to MarketWatch.com on October 3, 2011.  The news release is reprinted below:   A.M. Best Upgrades Ratings of United Automobile Insurance Company   A.M. Best Co. has upgraded …

  Today, September 15, 2011, Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate (“ICA”) Robin Westcott held the first of a series of roundtable-style meetings on Personal Injury Protection insurance (“PIP”) coverage.  A recent data call conducted by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation …

  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 vehicle coverage, the Florida Department of Highway Safety …

  In the August 19, 2011 edition of the Florida Department of Financial Services’ weekly eNewsletter, “Dollars & Sense,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater published a letter to Floridians in which he expresses his commitment to fighting automobile insurance …

  Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater, House Insurance and Banking Subcommittee Chairman Bryan Nelson, State Representative Geraldine Thompson and Senator Gary Siplin joined the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (“OIR”), the National Insurance Crime Bureau and Central Florida law …

  The U.S. Department of Transportation issued an Early Estimate of Motor Vehicle Traffic Fatalities for 2010. To view the entire report, click here. A statistical projection of traffic fatalities in 2010 shows that an estimated 32,788 people died in …

  The Florida Division of Consumer Services (“Division”), part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (“Department”), held a Motor Vehicle Repair Advisory Council (“Council”) meeting on October 7, 2010, during which it reviewed the launch of a …

The following news release published October 5, 2010 cites a Florida Senate study on billing accident surcharges to insurance companies.  Florida, along with other states, has since outlawed these “crash taxes.”   Poll Finds Opposition to Billing Auto Insurance Carriers …