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11th Circuit Finds Approved Form Not Required for Law and Ordinance Increases

11th Circuit Finds Approved Form Not Required for Law and Ordinance Increases

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeal in Allen v. USAA Casualty Insurance Company considered whether section 627.7011(2), Florida Statutes, requires an insurer to confirm both increases and decreases of law and ordinance coverage on an OIR-approved form, or whether the requirement to use an approved form applies only when a policyholder decreases coverage below the […]

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Supreme Court Defines Overhead and Profit Obligation

Supreme Court Defines Overhead and Profit Obligation

In Trinidad v. Florida Peninsula Insurance Company issued July 3, 2013, the Florida Supreme Court considered the scope of replacement cost coverage under the 2008 version of Section 627.7011, Florida Statutes.  The statute provided that the insurer would pay the insured the replacement cost of his damaged property without regard to whether the insured repaired […]

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