Florida homeowners need break from assignment-of-benefits lawsuits The damage from AOB litigation is clear, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform Executive Vice President Harold Kim explains in the Sun-Sentinel. Al Lawson makes big push for Jacksonville flood mitigation U.S. Representative Al …

In an October 26, 2017 report entitled “Third Report On The Administration’s Core Principles For Financial Regulation,” the U.S. Treasury has made a sweeping list of insurance regulatory overhaul recommendations aligned around the Trump Administration’s “Core Principles for Financial Regulation.” …

Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Orders Slightly Larger Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rate Decrease for 2018 Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier issued an Order late yesterday notifying the National Council on Compensation Insurance that its 2018 Rate Filing has been disapproved and, …

The Florida House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness met yesterday, October 26, 2017, to discuss various disaster-response related items, including emergency management operational communications, evacuations, petroleum supplies and distribution, and electric utilities.  Presenters represented both public …

House Hurricane Committee Mulls What Went Wrong During, After Irma On Thursday, the House Select Committee on Hurricane Response and Preparedness heard about issues affecting Florida during Irma.  A.G. Gancarski reports. Florida Cities Ranked Most Vulnerable to Coastal Floods Due …

Florida’s cost for deadly hurricane keeps going up The tab for Hurricane Irma keeps rising, and Florida legislators are warning that it could require some tough budget choices for next year.  The Associated Press reports via the Palm Beach Post. …

Florida CFO Voices Concerns to FEMA Over Policy Management Vendor Transition Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is urging the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider an upcoming vendor transition that he says could delay the processing of federal flood …

At its meeting yesterday, October 24, 2017, the Florida Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance (“Committee”) convened a panel of expert witnesses to testify on the effects of Post-Loss Assignment of Benefits (“AOB”) and one-way attorneys’ fees. The panel comprised …

The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services’ Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing entitled “The Federal Government’s Role in the Insurance Industry” yesterday, October 24, 2017.   The hearing examined both the domestic and international roles of the Federal Insurance …

Florida Insurance Consumer Advocate Sha’Ron James will host the fourth and final Emergency Medical Transportation Working Group meeting on October 31, 2017 in Tallahassee. The Insurance Consumer Advocate formed the 13-member Working Group in October 2016 to study the impact …