Air Ambulances: Insurers Call for End to Balance Billing to Consumers Consumers should not receive devastating Bills for tens of thousands of dollars for Air Ambulance Transport when Providers and Insurers cannot agree on a reimbursement, a Group representing …

  Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) advised today, June 13, 2017, that the edited version of the 2017 Personal Lines Assumptions Calendar was not emailed to the Takeout Companies at the time it was updated on the Citizens Web …

  The third meeting of the Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate’s Emergency Medical Transportation (“EMT”) Working Group is in progress this morning, June 13, 2017, until 1 p.m. (ET) in Tallahassee. To view this today’s agenda, click here. To access the …

  Flooding Prompts Miami to Consider Returning Some Homes to Nature Miami’s Shorecrest Neighborhood, near Biscayne Bay, deals with frequent flooding because of storms and high tides. Local Officials are considering forgoing the Construction of Infrastructure such as Sea Walls …

  Water damage claims litigation statistics to be reported at the upcoming Citizens Property Insurance (“Citizens”) Claims Committee meeting on June 15, 2017 do not bode well for South Florida, with 93 percent of incoming residential property lawsuits arising from …

  Florida Legal Insurance Launches Bringing Affordable Legal Services to Floridians Florida Legal is a Nonprofit Legal Insurance Organization now operating across the State of Florida and founded with a vision to ensure that all Floridians have affordable access to …

  Aon Benfield wins Florida accounts from rivals Aon Benfield placed a trio of accounts at the 1 June Florida renewal freshly won from rivals, The Insurance Insider’s David Bull reports. Aon Reports U.S. Storms in May to Cost Insurers $3B; …

  In a close and divided opinion issued today, June 8, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court upheld its 2014 ruling that personal injury non-economic damage caps in medical malpractice cases are unconstitutional.  To read the ruling, click here. To read …

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has yet to update its statutory policy statement on science quality and integrity, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) reported today, June 8, 2017. An explanatory statement accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act of …

  Five witnesses appeared before the full U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services yesterday, June 7, 2017, to comment on six proposed bills intended to reform the National Flood Insurance Program (“NFIP”).   They were (written testimony provided via …