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#1 Regulatory Battles In Personal Lines Ahead; Allstate May Drop Customers

Dec 8 2023 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s predicted this week that while personal auto results are starting to stabilize, the continued push for rate in 2024 will set the stage for more faceoffs between regulators and...

#2 A Year After Florida Adjusters Dropped a Bomb, They’ve Heard Little and Now Want Investigators Fired

Dec 14 2023 // One year ago, three independent claims adjusters stood before the Florida House Commerce Committee and charged that several insurance companies had frequently and misleadingly altered their damage estimates on wind...

#3 Springsteen’s Drummer, Weinberg, Says Florida Car Restorer Took $125,000 From Him

Nov 30 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen`s drummer, Max Weinberg, is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising him a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz and...

#4 Real Estate Titans Battle DeSantis Over China Property Crackdown

Dec 12 2023 // (Bloomberg) — Ron DeSantis rattled corporate America by making Walt Disney Co. a target of his conservative culture wars. Now, the Florida governor’s campaignto rid the state of Chinese influence is fueling a...

#5 Despite Insurance Costs, Lux Condos Going Up: Miami Tower to Have $150M Penthouse

Dec 1 2023 // (Bloomberg) — A roughly 13,000-square-foot, full-floor penthouse and roof at the Rosewood Residences, a 17-story condo tower designed by Peter Marino in Miami’s South Beach, could soon be the most expensive in...

#6 Tesla Autopilot Recall Threatens Its Defense in Lawsuits Over Crashes

Dec 15 2023 // Tesla Inc.’s biggest vehicle recall ever threatens to hurt the company’s defense in several high-profile lawsuits it faces over crashes linked to Autopilot.The automaker’s recall of 2 million cars comes...

#7 How One Florida Engineer Tried to Blow the Whistle on Plaintiffs’ Expert Witnesses

Sep 16 2024 // He’s been called a “do-gooder,” a “troublemaker” and a whistleblower. And he may be the best friend the Florida property insurance industry has.A mechanical engineer based in Edgewater, George...

#8 From Litigation to Capital, Florida Insurance Market Improving, Panelists Say

Dec 18 2023 // The Florida property and casualty insurance market is not out of the woods but it is showing signs of progress, from litigation trends to capital investments in the state, according to almost two dozen people who spoke at...

#9 Florida Hospital Alleges Juror Misconduct, Wants New Trial After Verdict in Maya Case

Nov 28 2023 // The Florida hospital at the center of the high-profile Maya Kowalski negligence case has asked for a new trial, alleging that the jury foreman improperly leaked information during the trial, which resulted in a $216...

#10 US Senate Committee Wants Investigation Into Florida Citizens’ Loss Reserves

Dec 1 2023 // The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s Budget Committee has begun an investigation into Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. and how the state-created insurer plans to address potential underwriting losses...

#11 How One Florida Engineer Charged Others With Fraudulent Insurance Reports, Testimony

Sep 3 2024 // He’s been called a “do-gooder,” a “troublemaker” and a whistleblower. And he may be the best friend the Florida property insurance industry has.A mechanical engineer based in Edgewater, George...

#12 Florida Authorities Charge 4 in Fraudulent Roof Claims, Issue Warrant for Contractor

Dec 4 2023 // Florida authorities have announced the arrest of four people in connection with an alleged scheme to deliberately damage roofs in order to qualify them for insurance claims. And another contractor well known to insurers...

#13 US DOJ Slaps Criminal Fines on UK Brokers Tysers and H.W. Wood for Bribery

Dec 5 2023 // The US Department of Justice has slapped criminal penalties on UK reinsurance brokers Tysers Insurance Brokers Ltd. and H.W. Wood Ltd. as a result of their participation “in a corrupt scheme to pay bribes to...

#14 With Differing Court Rulings on Pre-Suit Notice of Intent, Florida Insurers Left Guessing

Dec 11 2023 // On October 27, 2023, Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeal ruled that a personal injury protection pre-suit demand letter needs to include only a billing ledger and does not need to state the exact amount that the...

#15 Are Some Florida Workers’ Comp Judges Bending to the Political Winds on Fees?

Jan 29 2024 // Attorney fees in Florida workers’ compensation cases seem to be part of a story that will never end, and a state appeals court has added new life to the story with decisions that give support to both sides of the...

#16 Hurricane Season May be Over, but High Winds Still Lashing South Florida

Dec 18 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s beginning to look at lot like … hurricane season — at least across much of South Florida, where it’s been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast...

#17 Alleged Leader of Multi-State Auto Fraud Ring Arrested in Florida After 4 Years in Hiding

Nov 29 2023 // A Washington State man, on the lam for four years and wanted in connection with $6 million in auto insurance fraud schemes and staged accidents across the country, has been arrested in Florida.The U.S. Marshals Service...

#18 KBRA: Florida Insurers Got Creative in 2023 but Higher Reinsurance, Storms Coming

Dec 13 2023 // Things are looking up in the buffeted Florida market, but reinsurance rates will continue to rise for the next two years, and a 2024 hurricane season could be busy. It all suggests that property insurers will continue to...

#19 Florida Commissioner, NAMIC Latest to Push Back on Federal Climate Change Data Call

Dec 6 2023 // Florida’s insurance commissioner and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies are pushing back against a plan by the U.S. Treasury to collect data from insurers on risks from climate change, calling it...

#20 In Florida, One Coast Is Soaked. The Other Is Parched.

Dec 11 2023 // ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a...