All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 1 2022 // A group of contractors wasted little time in challenging the constitutionality of a law approved at the Florida Legislature’s special session last week, one the restoration companies argue singles them out and...
May 27 2022 // Two more property insurers, including two of Florida’s larger carriers, did not wait around to see what help the just-concluded special session of the Legislature may provide, and have stopped new business in the...
May 27 2022 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed property insurance and condominium maintenance reform legislation into law Thursday, putting an exclamation point on a whirlwind of lawmaking that began just a week ago when the bills were...
May 26 2022 // By Wednesday morning, it was all over except for the speeches.The five-day special session on the insurance crisis turned into just three days, and without seeing adoption of a single significant modification to two bills...
May 26 2022 // Tallahassee, Fla., May 26, 2022 – Following the adjournment of the Florida special session on property insurance, the Latin American Association of Insurance Agencies (LAAIA) released the following statement, attributed...
May 25 2022 // After addressing Florida’s insurance crisis, lawmakers on Tuesday quickly approved another piece of legislation they did not get to during the regular session in March – a revamp of condominium laws that would...
May 25 2022 // A Florida House committee and the state Senate wasted little time Tuesday in approving sweeping property insurance bills, leaving only the full House of Representatives to cement the changes on Wednesday, which would...
May 24 2022 // A Florida Senate committee overwhelmingly approved two measures Monday that supporters believe will go a long way toward trimming roof claims, litigation expenses and reinsurance costs for beleagured property insurers –...
May 24 2022 // Most of a Florida law that sought to stop social media companies from restricting users’ political speech violates the companies’ free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a federal appeals court ruled on...
May 23 2022 // A week after a Florida news report pointed out that few people seem to know that post-insolvency autopsies are required by law, the state Department of Financial Services has posted 18 of the reports for property insurers...
May 22 2022 // Florida’s insurance community appears to be split, at least to some degree, on the impact that two draft bills will have on the property insurance crisis, with some praising the changes and others warning that they...
May 20 2022 // Florida may have one of the most generous attorney-fee mechanisms in the country, sometimes resulting in plaintiff’s fees that are several times greater than the amount of damage awards.It’s enough to drive...
May 19 2022 // Recent moves by two Florida insurers to limit litigation and restoration expenses – and regulators’ approval of those policy endorsements – have met with a constitutional challenge from contractors. One Florida...
May 18 2022 // When Florida Farm Bureau Insurance companies filed for a 41% rate increase for homeowners last December, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation asked company actuaries to sharpen their pencils, review all data and try...
May 17 2022 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation held hearings Tuesday on major rate increases from three more property insurers: Florida Farm Bureau, First Floridian, and Kin Interinsurance Network.The Kin and First Floridian...
May 17 2022 // Florida regulators are required to perform post-mortem analyses on failed insurance companies, but few of the reports have been completed or released in recent years, and few people appear to be aware that they exist, the...
May 16 2022 // Small Plane Crash on Miami Bridge Kills ManA small plane with three people aboard crashed Saturday on a bridge near Miami, striking an SUV with three occupants and killing the pilot of the plane, the Federal Aviation...
May 16 2022 // Ahead of next week’s special legislative session, Florida’s chief financial officer is asking lawmakers for $6.5 million to fund 23 new investigative positions and to launch a public education campaign, part of...
May 13 2022 // A now-suspended Miami lawyer, along with the successor to his law firm, a public claims adjuster and a restoration company, have agreed to pay a total of $1 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Citizens Property...
May 12 2022 // Florida’s homeowners insurance market is in a perilous, precarious position. Florida has not been struck by a hurricane since 2018, yet there have been seven Florida insurer insolvencies in the recent hurricane-free...