Renzo DowneyDecember 6, 2022
3min0
Lawmakers need to tackle inflated medical damages, deceptive trial lawyer advertising and the property insurance crisis.
Tag: tort reform
Renzo DowneyDecember 6, 2022
Scott PowersApril 14, 2022
4min0
'It's not about getting the insured a new roof.'
Renzo DowneyJanuary 13, 2022
4min0
This Session is the first that AIF's Brewster Bevis will be holding both the president and CEO roles.
Jacob OglesJanuary 10, 2022
5min452
The group wants deliberation on data privacy, no-fault repeal, urgency on curbing insurance lawsuits.
Renzo DowneyDecember 7, 2021
5min2675
The Legislature, not so much.
Wire ServicesNovember 18, 2020
5min512
New Senate and House leadership tentatively indicated support.
Peter SchorschFebruary 26, 2020
5min1167
Top priority: bills that end the contingency risk multiplier.
Staff ReportsNovember 28, 2018
5min376
Cracking down on unscrupulous lawyers is the key to reining in auto and property insurance rates, the James Madison Institute concludes in a policy report released Wednesday. Specifically, the white paper targets Florida’s bad-faith law, which it claims has greased litigation against insurers alleged to have treated policyholders unfairly; and its one-way attorney fees law, which […]
Staff ReportsOctober 22, 2018
3min614
Florida loses more than $11.8 billion and 126,000 jobs each year to “excessive” litigation, according to an analysis released Monday by the Florida Justice Reform Institute. The trend most hurts the retail sector, at a cost of more than 39,413 jobs, followed by business services, at 20,237, and health services, at 17,452, according to research conducted […]
Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2017
4min387
The Florida Chamber of Commerce intends to push the Florida Legislature this year and candidates next year to focus on tort reform to ease Florida’s increasing reputation as a place where litigation is a high cost of doing business. At the chamber’s annual Future of Florida Forum in Orlando Wednesday, Florida Chamber President and Chief […]