News & Updates

assignment

AOB Reforms Take Effect

AOB Reforms Take Effect

Many proposals that passed in the 2019 legislative session take effect July 1.  This includes most portions of the Assignment of Benefits (AOB) reform bill passed by the legislature this year.  Although the legislature passed other legislature accelerating the effective date of a new method for dealing with attorneys’ fees, the core portions of the […]

Continue Reading →

Governor Signs AOB Reform Bill

Governor Signs AOB Reform Bill

Governor Ron DeSantis has signed HB 7065 reforming the use of assignments in Florida’s property insurance market. He also signed HB 337 relating to Florida’s court system and also accelerating the effective date of HB 7065’s attorney’s fee revisions. Most of the law changes relating to assignments of benefits (AOB) take effect July 1. However, […]

Continue Reading →

Court Upholds Conditions on Assignments

Court Upholds Conditions on Assignments

Florida’s 4th District Court of Appeal in Restoration 1 of Port St. Lucie v. Ark Royal Insurance Company determined that an insurer may require approval of all insureds and the mortgagee before an assignment of benefits is valid.  This ruling differs from a conclusion reached by the 5th DCA last year after the Office of […]

Continue Reading →

First DCA Issues Another Assignment of Benefits Opinion

First DCA Issues Another Assignment of Benefits Opinion

The First District Court of Appeal has issued its second opinion on assignment of benefit issues in recent weeks.  In its most recent opinion, the court in United Water Restoration Group, Inc. v. State Farm Florida Insurance Company found that a county court had improperly dismissed United Water’s complaint based on coverage issues raised by […]

Continue Reading →