Mitch Perry Florida Phoenix Jan 4, 2023 Updated Jan 4, 2023 While the average American motorist spends 2.57% of their annual income on autoinsurance, Florida drivers spend the second-highest proportion at 4.42%, trailingonly Louisiana, at 5.26%. Of all the metro areas analyzed, Miami drivers spendthe absolute highest, at 5.58%.(Envato Elements) Florida lawmakers returned to Tallahassee […]
12.21.22 By Michelle Kaske What You Need to Know · Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a statute aiming to overhaul Florida’s property insurance market. · Lawmakers had been focused on changing the market as rates increased and insurers pulled out of the state. · Now, […]
December 17, 2022 Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large praised DeSantis and the Florida Legislature for passing SB 2A. “SB 2A includes substantial reforms that remove the incentive to file lawsuits over questionable claims,” Large said in a prepared release. William Large and FJRI say thank you. Image via Colin Hackley. Established in 2005 […]
FLORIDA RECORD Governor signs property insurance reform bill that would end one-way attorney fees By Michael Carroll Dec 16, 2022 Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that tort-reform supporters say is a landmark measure to shore up the state’s property insurance market, ban the heavily criticized one-way attorney-fee provision and eliminate the […]
If approved, legislation would include hundreds of millions of dollars for property tax, toll, and disaster relief BY: MICHAEL MOLINE – DECEMBER 12, 2022 7:00 AM The Florida Capitol, January 2021. Credit: Michael Moline Insurers and the larger business community would get virtually everything they want under legislation proposed for the Legislature’s special session on […]
Peter Schorsch – December 7, 2022 The Florida Chamber of Commerce’s 2022 Insurance Summit continues today with discussions centered on the state’s litigation climate. After a recap of the 2022 elections, Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large will moderate a panel on “fixing Florida’s legal climate.” FJRI and other tort reform groups have pinned the blame […]
FLORIDA RECORD Florida Justice Reform Institute President William Large says auto glass litigation has led to inflated claims. | Florida Justice Reform Institute By Michael Carroll Nov 28, 2022 Insurance and tort reform groups have launched a campaign to warn consumers about the explosive growth in auto glass litigation in Florida – a phenomenon that […]
Staged accident schemes and fraud among reason for FL having the most expensive auto insurance rates in the US By Mitch Perry / Florida Phoenix / Special to Islander News Nov 23, 2022 Florida lawmakers are scheduled to return to Tallahassee soon for another special session to deal with the state’s property insurance crisis. […]
Staged accident schemes, litigation among the reasons why premiums are so high in the Sunshine State BY: MITCH PERRY – NOVEMBER 23, 2022 7:00 AM I-95 traffic in Miami. Source: Wikimedia Commons Florida lawmakers are scheduled to return to Tallahassee soon for another special session to deal with the state’s property insurance crisis. But it’s […]
By Florida Daily -November 15, 2022, 2:00 pm While some progress has been made in Florida to address the state’s deepening property insurance market crisis, data shows there is also a crisis in the auto market. The number of auto glass lawsuits filed in Florida went up by more than 4,000 percent in ten years […]