April 29, 2024
The Florida Supreme Court has given auto insurers more flexibility in reducing payments for medical services under the state’s no-fault auto insurance law and may have finally put to rest years of questions about the much-debated statute. In answering a …
November 15, 2013
New laws designed to reduce loss cost volatility and claims fraud in the Florida no-fault auto insurance system, commonly referred to as PIP, would be a credit positive for property/casualty insurers, according to Fitch Ratings. The ratings agency said Florida …
October 25, 2013
Florida’s no-fault automobile insurance law is fully in force for now after a district court lifted an injunction that blocked part of law on a legal technicality leaving open the possibility for further challenges in the future. The Florida First …
September 25, 2013
Florida automobile insurers are hoping a court lifts an injunction that has blocked portions of the state’s 2012 no-fault law from taking effect. Florida’s First District Court of Appeals recently heard oral arguments in the case [McCarty v. First DCA …
December 13, 2012
A federal court judge has denied a motion brought forward by some medical providers who claimed that Florida’s new no-fault auto law unfairly prevented them from making a living, on the basis it is unlikely they will prevail in court. …
December 13, 2012
Florida officials have approved an emergency rule that will allow auto insurers providing no-fault coverage to use a form informing accident victims of their benefits under the state’s revised personal injury protection law. The Florida Cabinet approved the emergency rule …