A Florida bill that aims to further limit injury and insurance litigation and attorney fees passed a state Senate committee Tuesday after heavy debate – but with few changes. Senate Bill 236, the companion to House Bill 837, a wide-ranging …
A public adjuster that has been vilified by insurers for disrupting and delaying property inspections has been suspended for two years by an administrative law judge. But state regulators’ recommendations in the case have raised new and potentially far-reaching questions …
In a decision that animal rights advocates are calling a big win over big agricultural interests, a federal appeals court last week struck down part of a North Carolina law, declaring that it violated the constitutional guarantee of free speech. …
One year after Slide Insurance made waves by taking over thousands of policies from a troubled Florida carrier, the young company has done it again. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation on Tuesday signed a consent order granting Tampa-based Slide …
After American Integrity Insurance Co. filed for a binding arbitration endorsement on homeowner policies one year ago, many in the industry expected a wave of other insurers to follow suit as claims litigation costs continued to rise in Florida. So …
Frontline Insurance Co. has sparked confusion and concern from agents and insureds after the carrier last week sent out differing information about its financial rating agency. The potential good news for agents and policyholders: Freddie Mac, the quasi-government corporation that …
Two insurance carriers have no duty to defend or to indemnify Quest Pharmaceuticals in lawsuits brought over the drug distributor’s role in the opioid crisis, a federal appeals court decided last week. The opinion could bolster U.S. insurers’ arguments that …
Physician dispensing of medications has long been a flash point in workers’ compensation insurance, with at least 22 states regulating or restricting the practice. Florida is no exception to the controversy, and stakeholders on both sides of the issue joined …
The Florida Legislature’s insurance rescue bill, approved last week, won’t take effect soon enough to help policyholders and insurance agents who’ve had no response from beleaguered United Property & Casualty Co. on Hurricane Ian claims. The lack of information has …
Cincinnati Insurance Co. dodged a $4.6 million judgment last week when the Kentucky Supreme Court found that a trial judge should have preempted a jury and granted a directed verdict in a bad-faith claim. If the injured third-party plaintiff failed …