Sarah MuellerJanuary 21, 2020
4min685
The Brandon Republican got the win, in a 6-1 vote, on his birthday.
Tag: Personal Injury Protection
Sarah MuellerJanuary 21, 2020Sarah MuellerJanuary 9, 20205min982
Mark Delegal of Holland & Knight calls the PIP law a disaster.
Michael MolineApril 1, 2019
5min498
"Everybody agrees it needs to happen.”
Michael MolineFebruary 28, 20183min355
A budget subcommittee voted Wednesday to kill the Senate’s no-fault insurance repeal bill. But the condition is not necessarily terminal. The panel’s chairwoman voted no even though she favored the measure and then moved to pass it temporarily. That would allow her to call for additional hearings on the bill later on, when perhaps it […]
Michael MolineFebruary 28, 2018
4min322
An advertising onslaught against the Senate version of no-fault auto insurance repeal broadened Wednesday, even as a committee prepared to take up an amendment dropping a requirement that motorists buy mandatory medical coverage. That mandate was among the business community’s principal objections to the bill. The amendment also contains language intended to discourage lawsuits alleging […]
Guest AuthorFebruary 26, 2018
6min430
Floridians are blessed with a low cost of living. When comparing the cost of housing, utilities, transportation, health, or the overall cost of living, Florida is lower than the U.S. average. Why, then, is Florida ranked among the five most expensive states for car insurance? The answer is, in part, because of a broken statutory […]
Peter SchorschFebruary 26, 20183min422
The Florida Chamber of Commerce is releasing an ad this week targeting a senate bill it says will cause auto insurance rates to skyrocket. “Caution alert: Florida state senators want to pass a new law making you pay more for your car insurance,” the ad states. “The bill will force you to pay more for […]
Michael MolineFebruary 21, 2018
4min612
PIP repeal is not officially dead, but it wasn’t looking at all well Wednesday after a key Senate committee adjourned its last meeting of Session without taking up the matter. “It is referenced to this committee, but was not on this agenda. In theory, it makes the prospects of that policy change happening obviously very […]
Michael MolineFebruary 12, 2018
11min850
One argument in the debate over repeal of Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system isn’t finding much love in the Legislature — that the real key to lower premiums is reform of the legal rules governing coverage disputes that do land in court. People injured by covered motorists can resort to the tort system if carriers […]
Michael MolineFebruary 6, 201812min667
A Property Casualty Insurers Association of America study made a splash last week in Tallahassee by suggesting repeal of Florida’s no-fault auto insurance system would produce significant increases in motorists’ premiums. The findings contrast those of a similar study last year by Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, which estimated repeal would save policyholders 8.1 percent in liability […]