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Senate PIP reforms get warm reception
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Senate’s plan to reform the no-fault auto insurance program has already achieved what its counterpart in the House has not: unanimous approval from a committee.
PIP System Needs to be Overhauled
Florida’s leaders showed tremendous vision by enacting the first-in-the-nation motor vehicle no-fault laws, which became effective in 1972. Commonly referred to as personal injury protection, the goal was to help accident victims by reducing legal delays, streamline the payment process and provide an automatic pot of money for injured drivers to take care of immediate …
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PIP Bill Clears House Civil Justice Subcommittee
The House version of a plan to reform Florida’s personal injury protection laws has cleared the House of Representatives’ Civil Justic Subcommittee by a 10-5 vote. The next scheduled stop for the bill is the Economic Affairs Committee. The House proposal (HB 119) is a 109-page bill making a number of changes designed to curb …
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Scott says PIP program ‘has to be fixed’
TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Rick Scott is ratcheting up pressure on lawmakers to find agreement on ways to reform the state’s fraud-plagued no-fault auto-insurance law, despite stiff opposition from plaintiffs’ lawyers, medical specialists and consumer groups.
PIP bill moves through one House committee gets pulled from another
The House Civil Justice Subcommittee spent more than two hours early Wednesday morning taking testimony on a personal injury protection (PIP) bill before passing the bill out of committee by a 10-5 vote.
House panel considers PIP insurance overhaul
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A House panel will consider overhauling Florida’s personal-injury insurance that is now overcome with fraud.
Consumer group slams proposed PIP law
Debate is heating up in the Florida Legislature on how to change the personal injury protection (PIP) part of auto insurance coverage. House staffers gave a briefing Monday on their plans, drawing criticism from consumer advocates.
House says goodbye to PIP
A House committee on Wednesday scrapped the personal injury protection (PIP) no-fault program by passing a bill that establishes Emergency Care Coverage instead.
Governor touts PIP changes in his 2nd State of the State address
Although the House and Senate appear worlds apart, Florida Gov Rick Scott urged lawmakers in his State of the State address Tuesday to tackle personal injury protection and make the rates more affordable for Florida motorists.
Senate and House PIP proposals could be on a collision course
The House and Senate are deeply divided on the breadth of changes that need to be made to the state’s personal injury protection program.
New Year to Start Fast for Insurance and Other Issues
The holiday season always seems to pass too quickly. After an extended period of unwinding and spending time with families and friends, the new year always brings an abrupt end to this relaxed pace as we return to work, children return to school and we pick up where we left off. This will especially be …
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Saying Goodbye to 2011
December 31 marks the end of another calendar year, and with that we close the books on another active year in the Florida insurance market. Florida’s diverse population, large base of potential policyholders and unique political and market issues tend to mean that insurance-related topics are prevalent in each year’s headlines. We began this year …
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Sworn testimony needed at insurance hearings
A new study by the Americans for Insurance Reform should reverberate in Tallahassee as Gov. Rick Scott and state lawmakers prepare to reform no-fault auto insurance, including personal injury protection, or PIP.
Guest column: Donovan Brown … Stop PIP fraud in Florida NOW
Stop PIP fraud in Florida NOW As Florida drivers’ insurance rates continue to rise due to the state’s current no-fault system running rampant with fraud across the Sunshine State, we applaud the Florida Legislature for recognizing the need to transform the no fault system now and making it a priority this session.
Gov. Scott pushing lawmakers on insurance issues
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott wants lawmakers to fix a pair of auto and property insurance issues that are costing Floridians hundreds of millions of dollars but have eluded resolution for more than a decade.
