Six months after the Florida Supreme Court held that insurance companies’ financial connections to expert witnesses can be revealed in litigation, a state appeals court won’t force discovery of similar information about one of Florida’s largest plaintiffs’ firms. Although the …
Appeal courts handed a down potentially costly ruling for auto insurers in Florida, along with some further clarity on the maximum medical costs insurance companies can choose to pay after an accident. First, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals …
Property insurance companies and roofers in Florida don’t often see eye-to-eye. Insurers have frequently blamed unscrupulous contractors for jacking up claims, and roofing companies have sued insurance carriers, blaming them for systematically denying roof work. So it may come as …
Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery and ride-sharing apps should be considered independent contractors, not employees with workers’ compensation insurance and other …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who abused a 10-year-old girl, leaving the victim with little recourse for winning significant civil damages, a federal appeals court decided last week. The 11th U.S. …
A decision handed down Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court, along with a recent ruling by state regulators, could give insurers another tool that could be used to stem the tide of claims litigation. In AirBnB Inc. vs. John Doe, …
A special insurance-reform session of the Florida Legislature probably won’t happen before November, when a new House speaker takes office. But the state’s insurance regulators are taking steps on their own to help cut the cost of roof claims. At …
Kentucky’s General Assembly has become the only legislature so far this year to adopt a bill that could give insurers lower rates on commercial loans from the Federal Home Loan Bank system. The Kentucky Senate this week unanimously approved House …
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. directors said Wednesday they continue to worry about the state of the Florida insurance market, Citizens’ growth and its potential losses, despite $6.5 billion in surplus and an $81 million net gain for 2021. “We just …
The February news that five Florida-admitted property insurers had stopped writing new business in the state painted a picture of impending doom for the insurance market in the state. But officials with one of those companies, the relatively young TypTap …
