All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2013 // The Florida House this took up a bill that critics say would make it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims.But the bill also had fallen victim to a tactic by Democrats upset that the House Republican leadership...
May 2 2013 // After years of struggling to rein in the cost of physician-dispensed drugs, Florida workers’ compensation insurers finally reached a compromise with physicians and drug companies that is projected to reduce costs by...
Apr 30 2013 // Florida insurers are showing some signs of relief after they convinced House lawmakers to stop a Senate bill that would have eliminated a 15 percent insurance premium tax credit. The Senate bill would have used the funds...
Apr 29 2013 // Florida legislators, drivers, and reporters want to know when the savings are coming from the Personal Injury Protection (PIP) reform law enacted in 2012. So do we.PIP is a money-loser for car owners and insurance...
Apr 26 2013 // Florida lawmakers have taken the first step towards reforming the state-backed property insurer, but not before significantly scaling back its impact on policyholders while the chances for final legislative approval remain...
Apr 25 2013 // Allianz Risk Transfer (ART NY) has vowed to strongly repudiate charges levied by Florida regulators that it contributed to the collapse of a domestic property insurer by seizing management control and saddling it with...
Apr 24 2013 // A spokeswoman for a central Florida compounding pharmacy says 91 batches were involved in a voluntary recall of its sterile non-expired drug products over concerns they’re not sterile and may contain...
Apr 24 2013 // A Florida judge has upheld his temporary injunction partially blocking portions of the state’s automobile no-fault insurance law on the basis it infringes on drivers’ access to the courts. As a result,...
Apr 23 2013 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer headquartered in Maine, recently promoted Jared Payton to national director of ancillary services. He is based in MEMIC’s recently opened Tampa, Fla.,...
Apr 23 2013 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty is encouraging Floridians to make preparations now for the upcoming 2013 hurricane season by purchasing flood insurance.Flood insurance is administered through the National...
Apr 23 2013 // A Florida-based compounding pharmacy is voluntarily recalling all lots of its sterile non-expired drug products sold nationwide over concerns the products are not sterile and may contain bacteria. Food and Drug...
Apr 22 2013 // The state of Florida filed a lawsuit last Saturday against British oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth U.S. state to seek damages for the 2010...
Apr 22 2013 // Florida’s high court is poised to decide how much money insurers owe some medical providers in cases where an auto policy does not specifically state that the fees will be based on a fee schedule approved by state...
Apr 22 2013 // Florida regulators are alleging that insurer Allianz and its companies contributed to the collapse of a Florida domestic property insurer by taking out more than $20 million in assets and rendering it unable to meet its...
Apr 19 2013 // A South Florida man is facing a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a jury convicted him of attempting to defraud the BP oil spill claims fund out of $1.2 million. A jury on Tuesday convicted 32-year-old Jean Mari...
Apr 19 2013 // Plans to reform Florida’s state-backed reinsurance facility with proponents scaling back their proposals.The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund has been the subject of legislative reform efforts for several years as...
Apr 17 2013 // Florida’s state-run property reinsurance facility is preparing to issue $2 billion in revenue bonds to ensure it has enough money on hand to quickly pay insurers’ claims in the event of a major hurricane.The...
Apr 15 2013 // The Florida Senate is making it harder to pursue medical malpractice claims. The Senate last week voted 27-12 for the bill and sent it to the House.The legislation (SB 1792) requires that expert witnesses called against a...
Apr 11 2013 // A Florida court’s ruling that the state’s 104-week limit on injured workers’ temporary benefits is unconstitutional could increase costs by $65 million, says the workers’ compensation...
Apr 11 2013 // A Florida Senate bill aimed at eliminating the state’s no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) auto insurance was met with awkward silence in the committee hearing it Tuesday.Finally, the committee’s chair,...