How Fraud Probe for Florida’s Guarantee Insurance Led to Payroll, Tax Convictions September 14, 2022 By William Rabb The name Guarantee Insurance is not one that is likely to be recalled with fondness by many Floridians. The workers’...
Jackson Businesses Lost Water and Customers But Insurance Probably Won’t Cover September 8, 2022 By William Rabb As they learned with the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, establishments that lost water service in troubled Jackson, Mississippi, this month are...
Debate Deepens After Florida OIR Seeks to Raise Citizens’ Coverage Limit on Homes September 6, 2022 By William Rabb Recent developments have sparked new debate about the role that Citizens Property Insurance Corp. should play in Florida’s rapidly shifting...
Officers Exempt from Workers’ Comp But Some Carriers Charging Anyway? September 5, 2022 By William Rabb Tradespeople who call themselves and their workers “independent contractors” have long been an issue for the workers’ compensation industry, often...
Forged Signatures, Fake Policies? Lawsuits Raise Questions About Captive Insurance Plan September 5, 2022 By William Rabb Federal lawsuits, including a nationwide class action filed in California, have put a spotlight on a type of captive insurance...
Attorney for a Top Florida Insurance Law Firm Disbarred After Forgeries, Misconduct September 1, 2022 By William Rabb A former attorney with one of Florida’s top insurance defense firms has been disbarred after the Bar said she engaged...
Crossing the Rubicon (Again): New Arrests in Florida Insurance Schemes September 1, 2022 By William Rabb Those familiar with insurance fraud schemes in Florida will remember Operation Rubicon. That was the year-long investigation by Miami-Dade and...
Comp Insurers Object to Florida Hospital Payments Set at 2x U.S. Average August 31, 2022 By William Rabb The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation appears to be intent on pushing the ball across the goal line on a...
DCA Can’t Prohibit Lower Court Ruling, Florida Justices Decide in Insurance Case August 26, 2022 By William Rabb Claim Was Settled, But Insurer Attorneys Revealed Mediation Info, Claimants’ Lawyer Says An appeals court cannot be used to prohibit...
UPC Gives up the Ghost: Now in Orderly Run-Off, But Trouble May Be Brewing August 25, 2022 By William Rabb United Property & Casualty Insurance Co., facing heavy losses, in July put out feelers for a potential sale or merger...