Michael MolineMarch 25, 2019
4min630
"My residents will ultimately end up paying more. And that’s just not fair.”
Tag: Senate Banking and Insurance Committee
Michael MolineMarch 25, 2019
Jacob OglesMarch 11, 2019
4min647
Lawmakers consider blocking insurers from soliciting test results.
Michael MolineMarch 4, 2019
8min302
“Making sure that the consumer has the right to redress of some sort is very important to me."
Michael MolineFebruary 12, 2019
4min601
"Records reviewed indicate that Lynx has only been paid on a flat fee basis.”
Michael MolineFebruary 11, 20199min649
"My experience over the past few years is that you can’t trust this process.”
Michael MolineFebruary 6, 2019
11min260
Critics allege shady contractors and lawyers use AOBs to launch unnecessary but expensive litigation.
Michael MolineJanuary 7, 20195min387
The new chairman of the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee identified his primary legislative target Monday as the “one-way” attorney fee system, which critics in the insurance and wider business community blame for escalating premiums. “If we deal with that, I think we’ll be dealing with the core issue that has been driving the rates […]
Michael MolineOctober 30, 2017
6min337
Corporate America has long looked to alternative dispute resolution — ADR, including mediation and arbitration — to avoid costly litigation. Might that be a solution to Florida’s assignment of benefits (AOB) debate? The Senate Banking & Insurance Committee is considering it. Sha’Ron James, Florida’s public advocate for the insurance industry, suggested ADR during recent hearings. […]
Michael MolineOctober 24, 2017
7min511
Alternative dispute resolution emerged as a possible solution to the political dispute over assignment of benefits, or AOB, agreements during a hearing Tuesday before the Senate Banking & Insurance Committee. Sha’Ron James, Florida’s insurance consumer advocate, raised the possibility as the committee members questioned representatives of the trial bar, the insurers, contractors and other parties. […]
Peter SchorschOctober 12, 2017
2min293
State Sen. Gary Farmer was taken off the chamber’s Banking and Insurance Committee, but Senate President Joe Negron told Florida Politics there was “nothing nefarious” about the removal. Capitol insiders buzzed that Senate leadership was looking to exact revenge on the trial bar because of its financial support of Annette Taddeo, the Democratic opponent of […]