By this time next year, Citizens Property Insurance policyholders and assignees of benefits could see their claims disputes decided, not in county or circuit courts, but by administrative judges who work for a Florida state agency. The Citizens Board of …
An insurance company is not responsible for premises liability damages after a man was shot and killed outside an Atlanta grocery store in 2019, thanks to unambiguous policy exclusions, a federal judge ruled Monday. Colony Insurance Co., part of Argonaut …
Dan Alexander has seen the worst of the Florida property insurance market from the inside-out – from agents who’ve quit to carriers that have gone insolvent or stopped writing new business, to having to manage policyholders that are mad at …
AM Best has withdrawn its financial strength rating for Capacity Insurance, a commercial insurer with a small footprint in Florida, and the company has decided to withdraw from the Florida market. “Due to a variety of circumstances, the Florida market …
A Miami-Dade jury has returned one of the largest verdicts ever in an automobile accident case, awarding $95 million in damages plus attorneys’ fees to a South Florida family whose daughter was killed and whose son was catastrophically injured by …
Insurers might say this one falls in the category of “no good deed goes unpunished.” In a workers’ compensation decision published July 5, the North Carolina Court of Appeals held that the re-issuance of a missing check to an injured …
A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though the company did not own the property at the time of the alleged dumping of dredge material. The contractor, TowneClub …
Eight months after it stopped renewing homeowners and rental property policies in Florida, Progressive Insurance announced it will now stop writing new dwelling-fire business in the distressed Florida market. “To ensure a long-term future in Florida, Progressive Home is temporarily …
It may seem a minor point to some, but it’s fundamental to the American system of justice, advocates said: It’s up to a jury – not a judge – to decide what is considered an “official act” by a state …
Starting Friday, July 1, state and local governments will have to conduct a sea-level impact study if they build anything near Florida’s coastline, the result of a state law passed in 2020. Although the law applies only to government entities …
