Florida Chamber Miami Event Examines State’s Insurance Woes On the agenda are Mandatory Personal-Injury Protection, or PIP Coverage for Motorists; abuse of Assignment-of-Benefits Agreements in Property Insurance; and finding a way to rein in rising Workers’ Compensation Insurance Costs.  …

  Appeal stands in State Farm hurricane-compensation ruling A judgment in a hurricane insurance-coverage case will not be reviewed, the Florida Supreme Court ruled, citing lack of jurisdiction over the case.  Christina Suttles reports for the Florida Record.   Florida Court …

JANUARY 2017 Here’s your update on Florida insurance-related legal developments from the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Practice. Florida Insurance Matters is a monthly update on Florida insurance-related legal developments by the Colodny Fass Insurance Litigation Practice, recently recognized as the …

  Miami Beach to Begin New $100 Million Flood Prevention Project in Face of Sea Level Rise With Miami Beach set to break ground this year on the most ambitious piece yet of its aggressive Anti-Flooding Project, some Homeowners are …

  Supreme Court Backs Insurer on PIP Medical Fees In a defeat for Medical Providers, a divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday sided with Allstate Insurance Company in a dispute about Fees Paid to care for Auto-Accident Victims.  THE NEWS SERVICE OF …

  Reinsurance opportunity in Florida, nationwide as FEMA pushes for states to pick up disaster costs The US Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided early calculations of the disaster costs that states could be required pick up before they are …

On January 23, 2017, the Federal Insurance Office issued a report detailing the severe problems low- and moderate-income (“LMI”) Americans face in affording the auto insurance coverage required to be purchased by all states except New Hampshire.  Part of the …

  With an array of legal pending legal and statewide rate increase issues as a backdrop, the Florida House of Representatives’ Insurance and Banking Subcommittee will hold Part One of a Panel Discussion on issues relating to Florida’s Workers’ Compensation …

  Nelson: Trump hiring freeze could hurt hurricane response in Florida, nation Florida Senator Bill Nelson expressed concern Monday that President Donald Trump‘s federal hiring freeze will harm the government’s hurricane preparedness and response.  The Miami Herald’s James Martin Rose reports for …

  California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today, January 23, 2017, that the California Supreme Court affirmed his authority against a major insurance industry legal challenge to a 2011 regulation establishing specific requirements governing replacement-cost estimates.  The Rule decreed that …